List of ecoregions in Libya
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Tadrart Acacus is a desert area in western Libya. Part of the Sahara, it is one of the most arid ecoregions of Libya.
The following is a list of ecoregions in Libya, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Terrestrial ecoregions
Palearctic
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Deserts and xeric shrublands
Flooded grasslands and savannas
- Saharan halophytics
Freshwater ecoregions
- Permanent Maghreb
- Temporary Maghreb
- Dry Sahel
Marine ecoregions
- Levantine Sea
- Tunisian Plateau/Gulf of Sidra
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.
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