List of ecoregions in Nepal
This is a list of ecoregions in Nepal
Terrestrial ecoregions
Most of Nepal is in the Indomalayan realm. The highest portions of the Himalaya are in the Palearctic realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.[1]
- Himalayan subtropical broadleaf forests
- Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests
- Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests
Temperate coniferous forests
- Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows (Palearctic)
- Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows (Palearctic)
Freshwater ecoregions
- Upper Brahmaputra
- Ganges Himalayan Foothills
- Ganges Delta and Plain
References
- ^ Olson, D. M., Dinerstein, E., Wikramanayake, E. D., Burgess, N. D., Powell, G. V. N., Underwood, E. C., D'Amico, J. A., Itoua, I., Strand, H. E., Morrison, J. C., Loucks, C. J., Allnutt, T. F., Ricketts, T. H., Kura, Y., Lamoreux, J. F., Wettengel, W. W., Hedao, P., Kassem, K. R. (2001). Terrestrial ecoregions of the world: a new map of life on Earth. Bioscience 51(11):933-938
