List of ecoregions in Germany

The following is a list of ecoregions in Germany defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial

Germany is in the Palearctic realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

• Baltic mixed forests
• European Atlantic mixed forests
• Central European mixed forests
• Western European broadleaf forests

Temperate coniferous forests

• Alps conifer and mixed forests

Freshwater

• Central & Western Europe
• Upper Danube

Marine

Germany's seacoast is in the Temperate Northern Atlantic marine realm, and the Northern European Seas marine province.

• Baltic Sea
• North Sea

References

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