List of ecoregions in Jordan
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The following is a list of ecoregions in Jordan defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Terrestrial ecoregions
Jordan is in the Palearctic realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.[1]
Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Deserts and xeric shrublands
Freshwater ecoregions
- Jordan River
- Arabian Interior
- Southwestern Arabian Coast
Marine ecoregions
References
- ↑ Olson, D. M., Dinerstein, E., Wikramanayake, E. D., Burgess, N. D., Powell, G. V. N., Underwood, E. C., D'Amico, J. A., Itoua, I., Strand, H. E., Morrison, J. C., Loucks, C. J., Allnutt, T. F., Ricketts, T. H., Kura, Y., Lamoreux, J. F., Wettengel, W. W., Hedao, P., Kassem, K. R. (2001). Terrestrial ecoregions of the world: a new map of life on Earth. Bioscience 51(11):933-938
- ↑ 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.