The following is a list of ecoregions in Angola, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Terrestrial ecoregions
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Flooded grasslands and savannas
Montane grasslands and shrublands
Deserts and xeric shrublands
Mangroves
Freshwater ecoregions
by bioregion
West Coastal Equatorial
- Southern West Coastal Equatorial
Congo
Cuanza
Zambezi
- Etosha
- Namib Coastal
- Zambezi
- Upper Zambezi Floodplains
- Zambezian Headwaters
- Okavango Floodplains
Marine ecoregions
- Angolan
- Namib
References
- Burgess, Neil; Hales, Jennifer D'Amico; Underwood, Emma; Dinerstein, Eric [in German]; Olson, David; Illanga, Itoua; Schipper, Jan; Ricketts, Taylor; Newman, Kate (2004). Terrestrial Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar – A Conservation Assessment. Washington DC: Island Press.
- 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.
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