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The following is a list of ecoregions in Somalia, as identified by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF). Terrestrial ecoregions. by major habitat type.
The ecoregion forms a strip along Somalia's low-lying coastal plain facing the Indian Ocean. The ecoregion extends for approximately 800 km along the coast, from about 2º and 5º N latitude. The dunes reach 10 to 15 miles inland from the coast. They are composed of white or orange sand, and are up to 60 meters high.
Unlike the climates of most other countries at this latitude, conditions in Somalia range from arid desert in the northeastern and central regions to semiarid steppe in the south and northwest. In the south, in the east Africa coastal forest, there are regions in which there is a tropical savanna climate.
This is a list of terrestrial ecoregions as compiled by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The WWF identifies terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecoregions. The terrestrial scheme divides the Earth's land surface into 8 biogeographic realms, containing 867 smaller ecoregions. Each ecoregion is classified into one of 14 major habitat types, or biomes.
List of ecoregions in Madagascar; List of ecoregions in Malawi; List of ecoregions in Malaysia; List of ecoregions in Mali; List of ecoregions in Malta
This is a list of the largest deserts in the world by area. It includes all deserts above 50,000 km 2 ... Ethiopia, Somalia, and Somaliland: 18: Thar Desert: Subtropical:
The Somali montane xeric shrublands is a desert and xeric scrubland ecoregion in Somalia.The ecoregion lies in the rugged Karkaar Mountains, which run parallel and close to Somalia's northern coast on the Gulf of Aden, and follows coast from Cape Guardafui south to Eyl on the Arabian Sea.
This is a list of countries by ecological footprint. The table is based on data spanning from 1961 to 2013 from the Global Footprint Network's National Footprint Accounts published in 2016. Numbers are given in global hectares per capita. The world-average ecological footprint in 2016 was 2.75 global hectares per person