Western Africa

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Western Africa

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Ecoregions in Western Africa

PA1321 Southwestern Arabian montane woodlands

PA1304 Eritrean coastal desert

PA0905 Saharan flooded grasslands

AT1403 Guinean mangroves

AT0114 Guinean montane forests

AT0130 Western Guinean lowland forests

AT0903 Inner Niger Delta flooded savanna

PA1327 Sahara desert

PA1329 South Saharan steppe and woodlands

PA1332 West Saharan montane xeric woodlands

AT0713 Sahelian Acacia savanna

AT0722 West Sudanian savanna

AT0707 Guinean forest-savanna mosaic

AT0111 Eastern Guinean forests

AT0904 Lake Chad flooded savanna

AT0123 Nigerian lowland forests

AT1401 Central African mangroves

AT0106 Cross-Niger transition forests

AT0107 Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests

AT0103 Cameroonian Highlands forests

AT0712 Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic

AT0121 Mount Cameroon and Bioko montane forests

 

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World Wildlife Fund (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "Western Africa". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth September 22, 2008; Last revised Date September 22, 2008; Retrieved February 9, 2012 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Western_Africa>

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