List of ecoregions in Uganda

The following is a list of ecoregions in Uganda, as identified by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions

by major habitat type

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

• East African montane forests
• Albertine Rift montane forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

• East Sudanian savanna
• Northern Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets
• Northern Congolian forest–savanna mosaic
• Victoria Basin forest–savanna mosaic

Flooded grasslands and savannas

• East African halophytics
• Zambezian flooded grasslands

Montane grasslands and shrublands

• East African montane moorlands
• Rwenzori–Virunga montane moorlands

Freshwater ecoregions

by bioregion

Nilo-Sudan

• Upper Nile

Great Lakes

• Lakes Kivu, Edward, George, and Victoria

References

• Burgess, Neil, Jennifer D’Amico Hales, Emma Underwood (2004). Terrestrial Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.
• Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.