The following is a list of ecoregions in Portugal, including the Azores and Madeira, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

Freshwater ecoregions

  • Southern Iberia
  • Western Iberia

Marine ecoregions

  • Azores Canaries Madeira
  • South European Atlantic

References

  • 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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