List of ecoregions in Kenya
The following is a list of ecoregions in Kenya, as identified by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Terrestrial ecoregions
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
- Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
 - Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
 - Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
 - Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic
 
Flooded grasslands and savannas
Montane grasslands and shrublands
Deserts and xeric shrublands
- Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands
 
Mangroves
- East African mangroves
 
Freshwater ecoregions
by bioregion
Nilo-Sudan
- Shebele-Juba Catchments
 - Lake Turkana
 
Great Lakes
- Lakes Kivu, Edward, George, and Victoria
 
Eastern and Coastal
- Kenyan Coastal Rivers
 - Pangani
 - Southern Eastern Rift
 
Marine ecoregions
- East African Coral Coast
 
See also
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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