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List of freshwater ecoregions (WWF)

List of freshwater ecoregions (WWF) is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of freshwater ecoregions (WWF) rather than just read about it. In short: This is a list of freshwater ecoregions as compiled by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The freshwater ecoregion system is similar to that for terrestrial ecoregions.

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Reference excerpt

This is a list of freshwater ecoregions as compiled by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The freshwater ecoregion system is similar to that for terrestrial ecoregions. The Earth's land surface is divided into eight terrestrial biogeographic realms or ecozones, which contain hundreds of smaller ecoregions. Ecoregions are classified into biomes or major habitat types, which have similar climates and vegetation types. The freshwater system is similar, with ecoregions classified into freshwater realms and biomes.

Afrotropical Ecoregions are sorted by biome (major habitat type). The numbers are WWF's ecoregion codes.

Large lakes 559; Lake Malawi; (Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania) 565; Lake Rukwa; (Tanzania) 542; Lake Tanganyika; (Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia) 530; Lake Turkana; (Kenya) 521; Lake Victoria Basin; (Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda)

Large river deltas 506; Niger Delta;

Montane freshwaters 541; Albertine Highlands; 577; Amatolo - Winterberg Highlands; 574; Drakensberg - Maluti Highlands; 563; Eastern Zimbabwe Highlands; 525; Ethiopian Highlands; 510; Fouta Djallon; 526; Lake Tana; 581; Madagascar Eastern Highlands; 513; Mount Nimba; 562; Mulanje; 519; Western Equatorial Crater Lakes;

Oceanic Islands 584; Comoros-Mayotte; 586; Mascarenes; 585; Seychelles;

Temperate coastal rivers 578; Cape Fold;

Temperate upland rivers 575; Southern Temperate Highveld;

Tropical and subtropical coastal rivers 515; Ashanti; 517; Bight Drainages; 564; Coastal East Africa; 551; Cuanza; 514; Eburneo; 583; Madagascar Eastern Lowlands; 533; Northern Gulf of Guinea Drainages - Bioko; 511; Northern Upper Guinea; 532; Ogooue - Nyanga - Kouilou - Niari; 568; Pangani; 587; São Tomé, Príncipe, and Annobón; 518; Southern Gulf of Guinea Drainages; 512; Southern Upper Guinea; 567; Tana, Athi and Coastal Drainages; 576; Zambezian Lowveld;

Tropical and subtropical floodplain rivers and wetland complexes 544; Bangweulu Wetlands - Mweru; 537; Cuvette Centrale; 508; Inner Niger Delta; 557; Kafue; 546; Kasai; 550; Lower Congo; 549; Lower Congo Rapids; 505; Lower Niger - Benue; 561; Lower Zambezi; 547; Mai-Ndombe; 543; Malagarasi-Moyowosi; 548; Malebo Pool; 558; Middle Zambezi - Luangwa; 580; Northwestern Madagascar; 569; Okavango; 534; Sangha; 509; Senegal - Gambia; 535; Sudanic Congo - Oubangi; 538; Tumba; 539; Upper Congo Rapids; 545; Upper Lualaba; 522; Upper Nile; 556; Upper Zambezi Floodplains; 516; Volta;

Tropical and subtropical upland rivers 536; Uele; 540; Upper Congo; 507; Upper Niger; 555; Zambezian Headwaters; 560; Zambezian Highveld;

Xeric freshwaters and endorheic (closed) basins 553; Etosha; 529; Horn of Africa; 570; Kalahari; 573; Karoo; 554; Karstveld Sink Holes; 520; Lake Chad; 552; Namib; 528; Northern Eastern Rift; 443; Oman Mountains; 531; Shebelle - Jubba; 566; Southern Eastern Rift; 571; Southern Kalahari; 582; Southern Madagascar; 439; Southwestern Arabian Coast; 579; Western Madagascar; 572; Western Orange;

Australasia

Montane freshwaters 751; Lake Poso; 750; Matano - Southern Malili Lakes; 814; New Guinea Central Mountains; 813; New Guinea North Coast;

Temperate coastal rivers 809; Bass Strait Drainages; 807; Eastern Coastal Australia; 811; New Zealand; 810; Southern Tasmania; 801; Southwestern Australia;

Temperate floodplain rivers and wetlands 808; Murray – Darling;

Tropical and subtropical coastal rivers 805; Arafura - Carpentaria; 817; Bismarck Archipelago; 803; Kimberley; 748; Lesser Sunda Islands; 747; Maluku; (Indonesia) 820; New Caledonia; 816; Papuan Peninsula; 818; Solomon Islands; 815; Southwest New Guinea - Trans-Fly Lowland; 749; Sulawesi; 812; Vogelkop - Bomberai;

Xeric freshwaters and endorheic (closed) basins 806; Great Artesian Basin; 804; Paleo; 802; Pilbara;

Indomalaya

Large river deltas 729; Mekong Delta;

Montane freshwaters 743; Borneo Highlands; 710; Ganges Himalayan Foothills; 723; Inle Lake; 753; Lake Lanao;

Oceanic Islands 768; Andaman Islands; 769; Nicobar Islands;

Tropical and subtropical coastal rivers 736; Aceh; 740; Central & Eastern Java; 767; Coastal Fujian - Zhejiang; 745; Eastern Borneo; 731; Eastern Gulf of Thailand Drainages; 758; Eastern Taiwan; 759; Hainan; 737; Indian Ocean Slope of Sumatra & Java; 741; Kapuas; 719; Lower Brahmaputra - Arakan Coast; 734; Malay Peninsula Eastern Slope; 752; Mindanao; 744; Northeastern Borneo; 760; Northern Annam; 735; Northern Central Sumatra - Western Malaysia; 755; Northern Philippine Islands; 742; Northwestern Borneo; 756; Palawan - Busuanga - Mindoro; 746; Southeastern Borneo; 716; Southeastern Ghats; 730; Southern Annam; 738; Southern Central Sumatra; 739; Southern Sumatra - Western Java; 717; Sri Lanka Dry Zone; 718; Sri Lanka Wet Zone; 715; Western Ghats; 757; Western Taiwan;

Tropical and subtropical floodplain rivers and wetland complexes 732; Chao Phraya; 709; Ganges Delta & Plain; 728; Kretie - Stung Treng (Mekong); 703; Lower & Middle Indus; 722; Lower & Middle Salween; 726; Lower Lan Cang (Mekong); 733; Mae Khlong; 708; Narmada - Tapi; 713; Northern Deccan Plateau; 720; Sitang - Irrawaddy; 761; Song Hong; 714; Southern Deccan Plateau; 763; Xi Yiang;

Tropical and subtropical upland rivers 727; Khorat Plateau (Mekong); 712; Middle Brahmaputra;

Nearctic

Large lakes 109; English - Winnipeg Lakes; 116; Laurentian Great Lakes;

Oceanic Islands 176; Bermuda;

Polar freshwaters 101; Alaskan Coastal; 112; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; 106; Central Arctic Coastal; 105; Lower Mackenzie; 102; Upper Yukon; 111; Western Hudson Bay;

Temperate coastal rivers 103; Alaska & Canada Pacific Coastal; 157; Appalachian Piedmont; 115; Canadian Atlantic Islands; 158; Chesapeake Bay; 140; East Texas Gulf; 113; Eastern Hudson Bay - Ungava; 114; Gulf of St.Lawrence Coastal Drainages; 118; Northeast US & Southeast Canada Atlantic Drainages; 123; Oregon & Northern California Coastal; 141; Sabine - Galveston; 125; Sacramento–San Joaquin; 119; Scotia - Fundy; 110; Southern Hudson Bay; 117; St.Lawrence; 154; West Florida Gulf;

Temperate floodplain rivers and wetlands 155; Apalachicola; 121; Columbia Unglaciated; 149; Lower Mississippi; 135; Lower Rio Grande - Bravo; 143; Middle Missouri; 153; Mobile Bay; 104; Upper Mackenzie; 148; Upper Mississippi;

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Worked examples

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of List of freshwater ecoregions (WWF)

In research: List of freshwater ecoregions (WWF) appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses List of freshwater ecoregions (WWF) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: List of freshwater ecoregions (WWF) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Freshwater ecoregions, WWF ecoregions, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for List of freshwater ecoregions (WWF) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is List of freshwater ecoregions (WWF) in simple terms?

This is a list of freshwater ecoregions as compiled by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The freshwater ecoregion system is similar to that for terrestrial ecoregions.

Why does List of freshwater ecoregions (WWF) matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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