Global 200 ecoregions

The Arabian Sea ( Latin: Mare Erythraeum) is the part of the Indian Ocean bounded on the east by India, on the north by Baluchistan and Sind provinces of Pakistan and part of the southern Persian littoral, on the west by Arabian Peninsula, on the south, approximately, by a line between Cape Guardafui, the north-east point of Somalia, and Kanyakumari (Cape Comorin) in India. It was known as the Sindhu Sagar to Indians in the Vedic period of their history. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arabian Sea"

The Atacama desert of Chile and Peru is a virtually rainless plateau made up of salt basins (salares), sand, and lava flows, extending from the Andes mountains to the Pacific Ocean. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atacama"

The Baja California desert is a Desert ecoregion of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula. ...more on Wikipedia about "Baja California desert"

The California chaparral and woodlands is a terrestrial ecoregion of central and southern California ( United States) and northwestern Baja California ( Mexico), located on the west coast of North America. It is a Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and shrub ecoregion, part of the Nearctic ecozone. ...more on Wikipedia about "California chaparral and woodlands"

The Chihuahuan Desert is a desert that straddles the U.S.-Mexico border. On the U.S. side it occupies the valleys and basins of central and southern New Mexico and Texas west of the Pecos River; south of the border, it covers the northern half of the Mexican state of Chihuahua and most of Coahuila. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chihuahuan Desert"

The Chilean Matorral is a terrestrial ecoregion of central Chile, located on the west coast of South America. It is a Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and shrub ecoregion, part of the Neotropic ecozone. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chilean Matorral"

The Florida Everglades is a subtropical marshland located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, specifically in parts of Monroe, Collier, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade, and Broward counties. Although much modified by agricultural development in central and southern Florida, the Everglades is the southern half of a large watershed arising in the vicinity of Orlando known as the Kissimmee River system. The Kissimmee flows from Taylor Creek, Nubbin Slough, and Fisheating Creek, and discharges into Lake Okeechobee, a very large (730 mi² or 1,890 km²), shallow (10 ft or 3 m) fresh water lake. Water leaving Lake Okeechobee in the wet season forms the Everglades, an annual shallow, slow-moving flood at one time 40 miles wide and over 100 miles long moving southward across a nearly flat, limestone shelf to Florida Bay at the southern end of the state. ...more on Wikipedia about "Everglades"

Fynbos ( Afrikaans for fine bush) is the natural shrubland vegetation occurring in a small belt of South Africa, mainly in winter rainfall coastal and mountainous areas of the South-western Cape. Of the world's six floral kingdoms, this is the smallest and richest per area unit. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fynbos"

The Galápagos Islands (Spanish name: Archipiélago de Colón) are an archipelago made up of 13 main volcanic islands, 6 smaller islands, and 107 rocks and islets. The very first island is thought to have formed between 5 and 10 million years ago, as a result of tectonic activity. The youngest islands, Isabela and Fernandina, are still being formed, with the most recent volcanic eruption in 1998. ...more on Wikipedia about "Galápagos Islands"

The Global 200 is the list of ecoregions identified by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) as priorities for conservation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Global 200"

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef. The reef is located in the Coral Sea off the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia. It stretches over 2000 kilometres in length and can be seen from space. An ancient barrier reef similar to the Great Barrier Reef can be found in The Kimberlies. ...more on Wikipedia about "Great Barrier Reef"

The Juan Fernández Islands is a sparsely inhabited island group in the South Pacific Ocean, situated about 667 km off the coast of Chile, and is composed of several volcanic islands: ...more on Wikipedia about "Juan Fernández Islands"

Lake Biwa, or Biwa-ko (琵琶湖), is the largest fresh water lake in Japan, located in Shiga Prefecture, northeast of the former capital city of Kyoto. Because of its proximity to the ancient capital, references to Lake Biwa appears frequently in Japanese literature, particularly in poetry and in historical accounts of battles. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lake Biwa"

The Madagascar lowland forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion, found on the eastern coast of the island of Madagascar. ...more on Wikipedia about "Madagascar lowland forests"

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The Madagascar subhumid forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion which covers most of the central highlands of the island of Madagascar. ...more on Wikipedia about "Madagascar subhumid forests"

The Mascarene Islands (or Mascarenhas Archipelago) is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar, which includes Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues, and Cargados Carajos shoals. The collective title is derived from the Portuguese navigator Pedro Mascarenhas, who first visited them in 1512. The islands share a common geologic origin, and form a distinct ecoregion with a unique flora and fauna. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mascarene Islands"

The New Caledonia Barrier Reef is located in New Caledonia in the South Pacific, and is the second-largest coral reef in the world, after Australia's Great Barrier Reef. ...more on Wikipedia about "New Caledonia Barrier Reef"

The New Caledonia rain forests are a terrestrial ecoregion, located in New Caledonia in the South Pacific. It is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion, part of the Australasia ecozone. ...more on Wikipedia about "New Caledonia rain forests"

The Pacific temperate rain forests of Canada and the United States are the largest temperate rain forest zone on the planet. The Pacific temperate rain forests occur on west-facing coastal mountains along the Pacific coast of North America, from Kodiak Island in Alaska to northern California, and are part of the Nearctic ecozone. These rain forests occur in a number of ecoregions, which vary in their species composition, but all are predominantly conifers, sometimes with an understory of broadleaf trees and shrubs. Pacific Temperate rain forests can be found in the Northern Pacific coastal forests, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia mainland coastal forests, Central Pacific coastal forests, Central and Southern Cascades forests, Klamath-Siskiyou forests, and Northern California coastal forests ecoregions. The Northern California coastal forests are home to Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens), Coast Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) and Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis), the world's three tallest tree species. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pacific temperate rain forests"

The Pantanal is the world’s largest wetland area. It is situated in South America, and is thought to be the world’s most flora and fauna dense ecosystem. It is often overshadowed by the Rainforest, partly because of its proximity, but is a just as vital and interesting part of the Biosphere. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pantanal"

The Queensland tropical rain forests are a terrestrial ecoregion located in northeastern Australia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Queensland tropical rain forests"

The Rann of Kutch is a seasonally marshy region located in the Thar Desert biogeographic province in Gujarat state of northwestern India and the Sind province of Pakistan. The name "Rann" comes from the Hindi word ran meaning "salt marsh". Kutch is the name of the district wherein it is situated. The Rann of Kutch comprises some 10,000 square miles between the Gulf of Kutch and the mouth of the Indus River in southern Pakistan. The Luni River, which originates in Rajasthan, empties into the northeast corner of the Rann. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rann of Kutch"

The Ryukyu Islands or Nansei Islands (南西諸島 Nansei-shotō; "southwest islands"), are an island chain stretching southwestward from the island of Kyushu in Japan. The portion south of Yoron belongs to Okinawa Prefecture, and the portion north of and including Yoron belongs to Kagoshima Prefecture. The archipelago is home to the Ryukyuan languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ryukyu Islands"

The Sechura desert is a desert ecoregion of coastal Peru. The name sechura derives from a culture that developed called the SEC, around the year 400 B.C. In 1728 the old Sechura town was destroyed by a tsunami and moved to its current location. During El Niño years, flooding is not uncommon; in 1998 the runoff from the floods poured into the coastal Sechura Desert. Where there had been nothing but arid hardscrabble waste for 15 years, suddenly, amazingly, there lay the second largest lake in Peru: 90 miles [145 kilometers] long, 20 miles [30 kilometers] wide, and ten feet [three meters] deep, with occasional parched domes of sand and clay poking up eerily from the surface. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sechura Desert"

The Solomon Islands rain forests are a terrestrial ecoregion which includes most of the Solomon Islands (except the Santa Cruz Islands) and the islands of Bougainville and Buka, which are part of Papua New Guinea. The Santa Cruz Islands, which lie to the west of the Solomons, are part of the Vanuatu rain forests ecoregion, together with the neighboring archipelago of Vanuatu. Both ecoregions are part of the Australasia ecozone, which also includes the neighboring Bismarck Archipelago and New Guinea, as well as New Caledonia, Australia and New Zealand. ...more on Wikipedia about "Solomon Islands rain forests"

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