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List of ecoregions in South Africa

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The following is a list of ecoregions in South Africa, as identified by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions

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Listed by major habitat type

  • Albany thickets – Afrotropic terrestrial ecoregion of dense woodland in South Africa
  • Lowland fynbos and renosterveld – Shrubland and heathland ecoregion of southwestern South Africa
  • Montane fynbos and renosterveld – Shrubland and heathland ecoregion of southwestern South Africa
  • Kalahari xeric savanna – Semi-arid sandy savanna ecoregion in Southern Africa
  • Nama Karoo – Xeric shrubland ecoregion on the central plateau of South Africa and Namibia
  • Succulent Karoo – Desert ecoregion of South Africa and Namibia

Freshwater ecoregions

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by bioregion

Zambezi

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  • Kalahari – Semi-arid sandy savanna in Southern Africa
  • Zambezian Lowveld

Southern Temperate

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  • Amatole-Winterberg Highlands
  • Cape Fold
  • Drakensberg-Maloti Highlands
  • Karoo
  • Southern Kalahari
  • Southern Temperate Highveld
  • Western Orange

Marine ecoregions

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References

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  • 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.