List of ecoregions in the Central African Republic

The following is a list of ecoregions in the Central African Republic, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions

by major habitat type

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

• Northeastern Congolian lowland forests
• Northwestern Congolian lowland forests
• Western Congolian swamp forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

• East Sudanian savanna
• Northern Congolian forest–savanna mosaic
• Sahelian Acacia savanna

Freshwater ecoregions

by bioregion

Congo

• Sangha
• Sudanic Congo (Oubangi)

Nilo-Sudan

• Lake Chad Catchment

References

• Burgess, Neil, Jennifer D’Amico Hales, Emma Underwood (2004). Terrestrial Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.
• Spalding, Mark D., Helen E. Fox, Gerald R. Allen, Nick Davidson et al. "Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas". Bioscience Vol. 57 No. 7, July/August 2007, pp. 573-583.
• Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.
• Toham, Andre Kamdem et al., eds. (2006). A Vision for Biodiversity Conservation in Central Africa: Biological Priorities for Conservation in the Guinean-Congolian Forest and Freshwater Region. World Wildlife Fund, Washington DC. Page A-52.