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List of freshwater ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean

This is a list of freshwater ecoregions in Latin America and the Caribbean, as identified by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

The WWF divides the Earth's land surface into ecoregions, defined as "large area[s] of land or water containing a distinct assemblage of natural communities and species". Ecoregions are grouped into complexes and bioregions, defined as, "a complex of ecoregions that share a similar biogeographic history, and thus often have strong affinities at higher taxonomic levels (e.g. genera, families)." The Earth's land surface is divided into eight biogeographic realms. Latin America corresponds, roughly, to the Neotropical realm, although northern Mexico lies within the Nearctic.

Each ecoregion is also classified into major habitat types, or biomes.

Many consider this classification to be quite decisive, and some propose these as stable borders for bioregional democracy initiatives.

By complex edit

Baja California Complex edit

Colorado River Complex edit

Sinaloan Coastal Complex edit

Rio Bravo Complex edit

Lerma/Santiago Complex edit

Rio Panuco Complex edit

Balsas Complex edit

Pacific Central Complex edit

Atlantic Central Complex edit

Isthmus Atlantic Complex edit

Isthmus Pacific Complex edit

Bahama Archipelago Complex edit

Western Insular Caribbean Complex edit

Eastern Insular Caribbean Complex edit

Choco Complex edit

South American Caribbean Complex edit

High Andean Complex edit

Inter-Andean Dry Valleys Complex edit

North Andean Montane Complex edit

Puyango-Tumbes Complex edit

Atacama/Sechura Complex edit

Pacific Coastal Desert Complex edit

Lake Titicaca/Poopo Complex edit

Galápagos Complex edit

Mediterranean Chile Complex edit

Juan Fernández Islands Complex edit

Southern Chile Complex edit

Subantarctic Complex edit

Venezuelan Coast/Trinidad Complex edit

Llanos Complex edit

Guiana/Orinoco Complex edit

Amazon Complex edit

Northeast Atlantic Complex edit

Mata-Atlantica Complex edit

São Francisco Complex edit

Upper Parana Complex edit

Beni Complex edit

Paraguay-Parana Complex edit

Southern Atlantic Complex edit

Chaco Complex edit

  • Chaco (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay)

Pampas Complex edit

Patagonia Complex edit

By major habitat type edit

Large rivers edit

Large river deltas edit

Montane rivers and streams edit

Wet-Region rivers and streams edit

Xeric-Region rivers and streams edit

Xeric-Region endorheic (closed) basins edit

Flooded grasslands and savannas edit

Cold streams, bogs, swamps, and mires edit

Large lakes edit

References edit

  • Olson, D., Dinerstein, E., Canevari, P., Davidson, I., Castro, G., Morisset, V., Abell, R., and Toledo, E.; eds. (1998). Freshwater biodiversity of Latin America and the Caribbean: A conservation assessment. Biodiversity Support Program, Washington, D.C..
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