List of ecoregions in Nigeria

The biogeographic regionalization of Earth's terrestrial biodiversity, known as Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World (TEOW), is made up of 867 ecoregions that are divided into 14 biomes. In addition to offering a comprehensive map of terrestrial biodiversity, TEOW also provides a global species database for ecological analyses and priority setting, a logical biogeographic framework for large-scale conservation strategies, a map for enhancing biogeographic literacy, and a foundation for the Global 200.

Similarly, another author indicated that there are 14 distinct biomes, including forests, grasslands, and deserts, among the 846 ecoregions that make up the area. Ecoregions vary in size; the island group of St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks in the Atlantic Ocean is only 6 km2, while the East Siberian Taiga is 39 million km2.

The following is a list of ecoregions in Nigeria, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature.

Terrestrial ecoregions

by major habitat type

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

• Cameroonian Highlands forests
• Cross–Niger transition forests
• Cross–Sanaga–Bioko coastal forests
• Niger Delta swamp forests
• Nigerian lowland forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

• East Sudanian savanna
• Guinean forest–savanna mosaic
• Mandara Plateau mosaic
• Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
• Sahelian Acacia savanna
• West Sudanian savanna

Montane grasslands and shrublands

• Jos Plateau forest–grassland mosaic

Flooded grasslands and savannas

• Lake Chad flooded savanna

Mangroves

• Central African mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions

by bioregion

Nilo-Sudan

• Bight Coastal
• Lake Chad Catchment
• Lower Niger-Benue
• Niger Delta

West Coastal Equatorial

• Northern West Coastal Equatorial

Marine ecoregions

• Gulf of Guinea Central

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.
• Toham, Andre Kamdem et al., eds. (2006). A Vision for Biodiversity Conservation in Central Africa: Biological Priorities for Conservation in the Guinean-Congolian Forest and Freshwater Region. World Wildlife Fund, Washington DC. Page A-52.

1. Lists of ecoregions by country
2. List of terrestrial ecoregions (WWF)
3. Outline of Nigeria
4. Index of Nigeria-related articles
5. List of freshwater ecoregions in Africa and Madagascar
6. Global 200
7. Cross–Sanaga–Bioko coastal forests
8. List of ecoregions in Benin
9. Niger Delta mangroves
10. West Sudanian savanna
11. Central African mangroves
12. Nigeria
13. Geography of Nigeria
14. Wildlife of Nigeria
15. List of tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ecoregions
16. Erica mannii
17. List of ecoregions affected by woody plant encroachment
18. Congolian rainforests
19. Guinean forest–savanna mosaic
20. Niger Delta swamp forests