Veracruz is the most biodiverse state with 10 ecoregions across 5 biomes and 2 realms. Chiapas comes in a close second with 10 ecoregions across 4 biomes in the same realm. By contrast, Morelos is the least biodiverse state with just 2 ecoregions.[1]
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The following is a list of ecoregions in Mexico as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature WWF A different system of ecoregional analysis is used by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation a trilateral body linking Mexican Canadian and United States environmental regime Terrestrial ecoregions of Mexico Contents 1 Terrestrial ecoregions 2 Freshwater ecoregions 2 1 Baja California Complex 2 2 Colorado River Complex 2 3 Sinaloan Coastal Complex 2 4 Rio Bravo Complex 2 5 Lerma Santiago Complex 2 6 Rio Panuco Complex 2 7 Balsas Complex 2 8 Pacific Central Complex 2 9 Atlantic Central Complex 3 Marine ecoregions 3 1 Warm Temperate Northeast Pacific 3 2 Tropical East Pacific 3 3 Warm Temperate Northwest Atlantic 3 4 Tropical Northwestern Atlantic 4 See also 5 ReferencesTerrestrial ecoregions editThe terrestrial ecoregions of Mexico span two biogeographic realms the Nearctic and Neotropic which together constitute the entire biogeography of the Americas Veracruz is the most biodiverse state with 10 ecoregions across 5 biomes and 2 realms Chiapas comes in a close second with 10 ecoregions across 4 biomes in the same realm By contrast Morelos is the least biodiverse state with just 2 ecoregions 1 Realm Biome Ecoregion State Nearctic Deserts and xeric shrublands Baja California desert Baja California Baja California Sur Nearctic Deserts and xeric shrublands Central Mexican matorral Aguascalientes Guanajuato Hidalgo Jalisco Mexico Mexico City Michoacan Queretaro Zacatecas Nearctic Deserts and xeric shrublands Chihuahuan Desert Chihuahua Coahuila Durango Nuevo Leon Sonora Zacatecas Nearctic Deserts and xeric shrublands Gulf of California xeric scrub Baja California Baja California Sur Nearctic Deserts and xeric shrublands Meseta Central matorral Coahuila Durango Hidalgo Nuevo Leon Queretaro San Luis Potosi Tamaulipas Zacatecas Nearctic Deserts and xeric shrublands Sonoran Desert Baja California Sinaloa Sonora Nearctic Deserts and xeric shrublands Tamaulipan matorral Nuevo Leon Tamaulipas Nearctic Deserts and xeric shrublands Tamaulipan mezquital Coahuila Nuevo Leon Tamaulipas Nearctic Mangroves Northern Mesoamerican Pacific Coast Mangroves Baja California Sur Sinaloa Sonora Nearctic Mediterranean forests woodlands and scrub California coastal sage and chaparral Baja California Nearctic Temperate coniferous forests Sierra Juarez and San Pedro Martir pine oak forests Baja California Nearctic Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests Sierra Madre Occidental pine oak forests Chihuahua Durango Jalisco Sonora Zacatecas Nearctic Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests Sierra Madre Oriental pine oak forests Chihuahua Coahuila Durango Hidalgo Nuevo Leon Puebla Queretaro San Luis Potosi Tamaulipas Veracruz Zacatecas Nearctic Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests Sonoran Sinaloan transition subtropical dry forest Sinaloa Sonora Nearctic Tropical and subtropical grasslands savannas and shrublands Tamaulipan pastizal Tamaulipas Neotropical Deserts and xeric shrublands San Lucan xeric scrub Baja California Sur Neotropical Deserts and xeric shrublands Tehuacan Valley matorral Oaxaca Puebla Tlaxcala Neotropical Flooded grasslands and savannas Central Mexican wetlands Mexico Michoacan Guanajuato Mexico City Neotropical Mangroves Alvarado mangroves Tamaulipas Veracruz Neotropical Mangroves Belizean Coast mangroves Quintana Roo Neotropical Mangroves Marismas Nacionales San Blas mangroves Nayarit Sinaloa Neotropical Mangroves Mayan Corridor mangroves Quintana Roo Neotropical Mangroves Mexican South Pacific Coast mangroves Guerrero Michoacan Oaxaca Neotropical Mangroves Petenes mangroves Campeche Yucatan Neotropical Mangroves Ria Lagartos mangroves Yucatan Neotropical Mangroves Tehuantepec El Manchon mangroves Chiapas Neotropical Mangroves Usumacinta mangroves Tabasco Neotropical Montane grasslands and shrublands Zacatonal Hidalgo Mexico Morelos Neotropical Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests Central American pine oak forests Chiapas Neotropical Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests Sierra de la Laguna pine oak forests Baja California Sur Neotropical Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine oak forests Oaxaca Puebla Veracruz Neotropical Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests Sierra Madre del Sur pine oak forests Guerrero Jalisco Michoacan Oaxaca Puebla Neotropical Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests Trans Mexican Volcanic Belt pine oak forests Aguascalientes Colima Guanajuato Guerrero Hidalgo Jalisco Mexico Mexico City Michoacan Morelos Nayarit Puebla Queretaro San Luis Potosi Tlaxcala Veracruz Zacatecas Neotropical Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests Bajio dry forests Guanajuato Jalisco Michoacan Neotropical Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests Balsas dry forests Guerrero Mexico Michoacan Morelos Oaxaca and Puebla Neotropical Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests Central American dry forests Chiapas Neotropical Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests Chiapas Depression dry forests Chiapas Neotropical Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests Jalisco dry forests Colima Jalisco Michoacan Nayarit Neotropical Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests Revillagigedo Islands dry forests Colima Neotropical Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests Sierra de la Laguna dry forests Baja California Sur Neotropical Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests Sinaloan dry forests Chihuahua Jalisco Nayarit Sinaloa Sonora Neotropical Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests Southern Pacific dry forests Chiapas Guerrero Oaxaca Neotropical Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests Veracruz dry forests Veracruz Neotropical Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests Yucatan dry forests Campeche Quintana Roo Yucatan Neotropical Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests Chiapas montane forests Chiapas Neotropical Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests Chimalapas montane forests Chiapas Oaxaca Neotropical Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests Oaxacan montane forests Oaxaca Puebla Veracruz Neotropical Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests Pantanos de Centla Campeche Chiapas Tabasco Neotropical Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests Peten Veracruz moist forests Campeche Chiapas Oaxaca Puebla Quintana Roo Tabasco Veracruz Neotropical Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests Sierra de los Tuxtlas Veracruz Neotropical Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests Sierra Madre de Chiapas moist forests Chiapas Neotropical Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests Veracruz moist forests Hidalgo Puebla San Luis Potosi Tamaulipas Veracruz Neotropical Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests Veracruz montane forests Hidalgo Puebla Veracruz Neotropical Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests Yucatan moist forests Campeche Quintana Roo YucatanFreshwater ecoregions editBaja California Complex edit Baja California Colorado River Complex edit Colorado Delta Sonoran Sinaloan Coastal Complex edit Sinaloan Coastal Rio Bravo Complex edit Rio Bravo Pecos Guzman Mapimi Cuatro Cienegas Llanos El Salado Conchos Lower Rio Bravo Rio San Juan Rio Salado Lerma Santiago Complex edit Santiago Chapala Lerma Rio Verde Headwaters Manantlan Ameca Rio Panuco Complex edit Rio Panuco Balsas Complex edit Balsas Pacific Central Complex edit Tehuantepec Atlantic Central Complex edit Southern Veracruz Belizean Lowlands Catemaco Coatzacoalcos Grijalva Usumacinta YucatanMarine ecoregions editWarm Temperate Northeast Pacific edit Southern California Bight 2 Cortezian 2 Magdalena Transition 2 Tropical East Pacific edit Revillagigedos 2 Mexican Tropical Pacific 2 Clipperton 2 an overseas possession of France disputed by Mexico Chiapas Nicaragua 2 Warm Temperate Northwest Atlantic edit Northern Gulf of Mexico 2 Tropical Northwestern Atlantic edit Southern Gulf of Mexico 2 Western Caribbean 2 See also editList of ecoregions in the United States WWF List of ecoregions in Guatemala List of ecoregions in BelizeReferences edit The Atlas of Global Conservation maps tnc org Retrieved 2020 11 17 a b c d e f g h i j Marine Ecoregions Spalding 2007 Map by GEOMAR University of Seville Department of Human Geography Marine ecoregions marineplan es Archived from the original jpg on 2017 02 12 Retrieved 2013 09 26 Olson D Dinerstein E Canevari P Davidson I Castro G Morisset V Abell R and Toledo E eds 1998 Freshwater biodiversity of Latin America and the Caribbean A conservation assessment Biodiversity Support Program Washington DC Ricketts Taylor H Eric Dinerstein David M Olson Colby J Loucks et al 1999 Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America a Conservation Assessment Island Press Washington DC Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of ecoregions in Mexico amp oldid 1194222585, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
