List of ecoregions in Chile

The following is a list of ecoregions in Chile, according to the World Wildlife Fund:

Contents 1 Terrestrial ecoregions 1.1 Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests 1.2 Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests 1.3 Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands 1.4 Montane grasslands and shrublands 1.5 Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub 1.6 Deserts and xeric shrublands 2 Freshwater ecoregions 2.1 High Andean Complex 2.2 Atacama/Sechura Complex 2.3 Pacific Coastal Desert Complex 2.4 Mediterranean Chile Complex 2.5 Juan Fernández Islands Complex 2.6 Southern Chile Complex 2.7 Patagonia Complex 3 References

Terrestrial ecoregions

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

• Rapa Nui and Sala-y-Gomez subtropical broadleaf forests

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

• Juan Fernández Islands temperate forests
• Magellanic subpolar forests
• San Felix-San Ambrosio Islands temperate forests
• Valdivian temperate rain forests

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

• Patagonian grasslands
• Patagonian steppe

Montane grasslands and shrublands

• Central Andean dry puna
• Southern Andean steppe

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub

• Chilean matorral

Deserts and xeric shrublands

• Atacama desert

Freshwater ecoregions

High Andean Complex

• Bolivian High Andean Complex
• Arid Puna

Atacama/Sechura Complex

• Atacama/Sechura Deserts

Pacific Coastal Desert Complex

• Pacific Coastal Deserts

Mediterranean Chile Complex

• North Mediterranean Chile
• South Mediterranean Chile

Juan Fernández Islands Complex

• Juan Fernández Islands

Southern Chile Complex

• Valdivian
• Chiloe Island
• Chonos Archipelago
• Magallanes/Ultima Esperanza

Patagonia Complex

• Tierra del Fuego-Rio Grande

References

• 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, D.C..