The following is a list of ecoregions in Egypt, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Terrestrial ecoregions
Palearctic
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Deserts and xeric shrublands
Flooded grasslands and savannas
Freshwater ecoregions
- Dry Sahel
- Lower Nile
- Nile Delta
- Red Sea Coastal
- Temporary Maghreb
Marine ecoregions
- Levantine Sea
- Northern and Central Red Sea
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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