Ecoregions in Australia - WWF Ecoregions

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Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

  • Lord Howe Island subtropical forests
  • Norfolk Island subtropical forests
  • Queensland tropical rain forests

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

  • Eastern Australian temperate forests
  • Southeast Australia temperate forests
  • Tasmanian Central Highland forests
  • Tasmanian temperate forests
  • Tasmanian temperate rain forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

  • Arnhem Land tropical savanna
  • Brigalow tropical savanna
  • Cape York tropical savanna
  • Carpentaria tropical savanna
  • Einasleigh upland savanna
  • Kimberly tropical savanna
  • Mitchell grass downs
  • Victoria Plains tropical savanna

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

  • Eastern Australia mulga shrublands
  • Southeast Australia temperate savanna

Montane grasslands and shrublands

  • Australian Alps montane grasslands

Tundra

  • Antipodes Subantarctic Islands tundra (Australia, New Zealand)

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub

  • Coolgardie woodlands
  • Esperance mallee
  • Eyre and York mallee
  • Jarrah-Karri forest and shrublands
  • Kwongan heathlands
  • Mount Lofty woodlands
  • Murray-Darling woodlands and mallee
  • Naracoorte woodlands
  • Southwest Australia savanna
  • Southwest Australia woodlands

Deserts and xeric shrublands

  • Carnarvon xeric shrublands
  • Central Ranges xeric scrub
  • Gibson Desert
  • Great Sandy-Tanami Desert
  • Great Victoria Desert
  • Nullarbor Plain xeric shrublands
  • Pilbara shrublands
  • Simpson Desert
  • Tirari-Sturt Stony Desert
  • Western Australian mulga shrublands
Biomes and ecozones
Terrestrial
biomes
Polar/montane
  • Tundra
  • Taiga, Boreal forests
  • Montane grasslands and shrublands
Temperate
  • Coniferous forests
  • Broadleaf and mixed forests
  • Grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
(Sub)tropical
  • Coniferous forests
  • Moist broadleaf forests
  • Dry broadleaf forests
  • Grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Dry
  • Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
  • Deserts and xeric shrublands
Wet
  • Flooded grasslands and savannas
  • Riparian
  • Wetland
Aquatic
biomes
  • Pond
  • Littoral
  • Intertidal zone
  • Mangrove forest
  • Kelp forest
  • Coral reef
  • Neritic zone
  • Continental shelf
  • Pelagic zone
  • Benthic zone
  • Hydrothermal vents
  • Cold seeps
Other biomes
  • Endolithic zone
Ecozones
  • Afrotropic
  • Antarctic
  • Australasia
  • Indomalaya
  • Nearctic
  • Neotropic
  • Oceania
  • Palearctic

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