List of ecoregions in Brazil explained

The following is a list of ecoregions in Brazil as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions

by major habitat type

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Flooded grasslands and savannas

Deserts and xeric shrublands

Mangrove

by bioregion

Orinoco bioregion

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

Amazonia bioregion

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Eastern South America bioregion

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
Flooded grasslands and savannas
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Deserts and xeric shrublands

Southern South America bioregion

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Mangroves

by mangrove complex

Amazon-Orinoco-Maranhão complex
Northeast Brazil complex
Southeast Brazil complex

Freshwater ecoregions

by freshwater complex

Guiana/Orinoco Complex

Amazon Complex

Northeast Atlantic Complex

Mata-Atlantica Complex

São Francisco Complex

Upper Parana Complex

Beni Savanna (Llanos de Moxos) Complex

Paraguay-Parana Complex

Southern Atlantic Complex

Marine ecoregions

by marine realm and marine province

Tropical Atlantic

North Brazil Shelf

Tropical Southwestern Atlantic

Temperate South America

Warm Temperate Southwestern Atlantic

See also

References