List of ecoregions in Yemen

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

Terrestrial ecoregions

Yemen lies on the boundary between two of the world's terrestrial ecozones. The Afrotropic ecozone covers the mountainous southern and eastern fringe of the Arabian Peninsula as well as Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. The Palearctic ecozone covers the rest of the Arabian Peninsula as well as temperate Eurasia and Northern Africa.

Deserts and xeric shrublands

• Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands (Palearctic)
• Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert (Afrotropic)
• Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert (Palearctic)
• Socotra Island xeric shrublands (Afrotropic)
• Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna (Afrotropic)
• Southwestern Arabian montane woodlands (Afrotropic)

Marine ecoregions

• Southern Red Sea
• Gulf of Aden
• Western Arabian Sea

References

• Burgess, Neil, Jennifer D’Amico Hales, Emma Underwood (2004). Terrestrial Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.
• Spalding, Mark D., Helen E. Fox, Gerald R. Allen, Nick Davidson et al. "Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas". Bioscience Vol. 57 No. 7, July/August 2007, pp. 573-583.