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[edit]

Jordan is in the Palearctic realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.[1]

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands[edit]

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub[edit]

Deserts and xeric shrublands[edit]

Freshwater ecoregions[edit]

  • Jordan River
  • Arabian Interior
  • Southwestern Arabian Coast

Marine ecoregions[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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.