List of ecoregions in Nigeria

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

Terrestrial ecoregions

by major habitat type

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

• Cameroonian Highlands forests
• Cross-Niger transition forests
• Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests
• Niger Delta swamp forests
• Niger lowland forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

• Guinean forest-savanna mosaic
• Mandara Plateau mosaic
• Sahelian Acacia savanna
• Western Sudanian savanna

Montane grasslands and shrublands

• Jos Plateau forest-grassland mosaic

Flooded grasslands and savannas

• Lake Chad flooded savanna

Mangroves

• Central African mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions

by bioregion

Nilo-Sudan

• Bight Coastal
• Lake Chad Catchment
• Lower Niger-Benue
• Niger Delta

West Coastal Equatorial

• Northern West Coastal Equatorial

Marine ecoregions

• Gulf of Guinea Central

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.