Dec 13, 2024 · Information and downloadable maps and datasets for ecoregions of North America, which are areas of general similarity in the type, quality, and quantity of environmental resources.

A map of the Amazon rainforest ecoregions. The yellow line encloses the ecoregions per the World Wide Fund for Nature. A map of the bioregions of Canada and the US. An ecoregion (ecological region) is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion, which in turn is smaller than a biogeographic realm. Ecoregions cover relatively …

Dec 13, 2024 · Information and downloadable maps and datasets for Level III and IV ecoregions of the continental United States. Ecoregions are areas of general similarity in the type, quality, and quantity of environmental resources.

This list of ecoregions in the United States provides an overview of United States ecoregions designated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). The CEC was established in 1994 by the member states of Canada, Mexico, and the United States to address regional environmental concerns under the …

Ecoregions of North America, featuring the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and the five inhabited territories The following is a list of ecoregions in the United States as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The United States is a megadiverse country with a high level of endemism across a wide variety of ecosystems.

Dec 26, 2024 · Information and links to downloadable maps and datasets for Level III and IV ecoregions, listed by state. Ecoregions are areas of general similarity in the type, quality, and quantity of environmental resources.

Oct 19, 2019 · Ecoregions have been developed and are being used to study the place dependency of environmental processes, including anthropogenic transformations of the land surface. Ecoregions are also the basis for reporting on the status and trends of land cover and land cover change. As a geographic framework that is useful for studying the response of the …

Take a look at the map of the United States. The country can be divided up in two ways—one by state, and one by ecoregion. Whereas state boundaries were created by people, the ecoregion boundaries on this map were created by Mother Nature. Ecoregions are areas that have similar climate, geology, and soils. These abiotic (non-biological) factors determine what plants and …

Mar 27, 2018 · Information and downloadable maps and datasets for ecoregions, which are areas of general similarity in the type, quality, and quantity of environmental resources.

Aug 1, 2012 · Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World (TEOW) is a biogeographic regionalization of the Earth's terrestrial biodiversity. Our biogeographic units are ecoregions, which are defined as relatively large units of land or water containing a distinct assemblage of natural communities sharing a large majority of species, dynamics, and environmental conditions. There are 867 …