List of ecoregions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

Terrestrial ecoregions

by major habitat type

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

• Albertine Rift montane forests
• Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests
• Central Congolian lowland forests
• Eastern Congolian swamp forests
• Northeastern Congolian lowland forests
• Northwestern Congolian lowland forests
• Western Congolian swamp forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

• Angolan Miombo woodlands
• Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands
• East Sudanian savanna
• Itigi-Sumbu thicket
• Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
• Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic
• Western Congolian forest-savanna mosaic

Montane grasslands and shrublands

• Ruwenzori-Virunga montane moorlands

Flooded grasslands and savannas

• Zambezian flooded grasslands

Mangroves

• Central African mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions

by bioregion

West Coastal Equatorial

• Southern West Coastal Equatorial

Congo

• Albertine Highlands
• Bangweulu-Mweru
• Central Congo
• Cuvette Centrale
• Kasai
• Lower Congo
• Lower Congo Rapids
• Mai Ndombe
• Malebo Pool
• Sudanic Congo (Oubangi)
• Thysville Caves
• Tumba
• Uele
• Upemba
• Upper Congo
• Upper Congo Rapids

Nilo-Sudan

• Upper Nile

Great Lakes

• Lake Tanganyika
• Lakes Kivu, Edward, George, and Victoria

Marine ecoregions

• Gulf of Guinea South

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.