List of ecoregions in Mexico
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The following is a list of ecoregions in Mexico as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). A different system of ecoregional analysis is used by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, a trilateral body linking Mexican, Canadian and United States environmental regime.
Terrestrial ecoregions
The terrestrial ecoregions of Mexico span two biogeographic realms - the Nearctic and Neotropic - which together constitute the entire biogeography of the Americas.
Veracruz is the most biodiverse state with 10 ecoregions across 5 biomes and 2 realms. Chiapas comes in a close second with 10 ecoregions across 4 biomes in the same realm. By contrast, Morelos is the least biodiverse state with just 2 ecoregions.{{Cite web|title=The Atlas of Global Conservation|url=http://maps.tnc.org/globalmaps.html|access-date=2020-11-17|website=maps.tnc.org}}
Freshwater ecoregions
=Baja California Complex=
=[[Colorado River]] Complex=
=Sinaloan Coastal Complex=
=Rio Bravo Complex=
=Lerma/Santiago Complex=
=Rio Panuco Complex=
=Balsas Complex=
=Pacific Central Complex=
=Atlantic Central Complex=
[[Marine ecoregions]]
=[[Warm Temperate Northeast Pacific]]=
- Southern California Bight{{cite web |title=Marine Ecoregions (Spalding 2007). [Map by] GEOMAR, University of Seville, Department of Human Geography. |work=Marine ecoregions |url=http://www.marineplan.es/ES/fichas_kml/mapasfichas/ecoregions.jpg |format=jpg |publisher=marineplan.es |accessdate=2013-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212110426/http://www.marineplan.es/ES/fichas_kml/mapasfichas/ecoregions.jpg |archive-date=2017-02-12 |url-status=dead }}
- Cortezian
- Magdalena Transition
=[[Tropical East Pacific]]=
=[[Warm Temperate Northwest Atlantic]]=
=[[Tropical Northwestern Atlantic]]=
See also
References
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- 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 DC.
- Ricketts, Taylor H; Eric Dinerstein; David M. Olson; Colby J. Loucks; et al. (1999). Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America: a Conservation Assessment. Island Press; Washington, DC.