List of ecoregions in Nepal

This is a list of ecoregions in Nepal

Terrestrial ecoregions

Most of Nepal is in the Indomalayan realm. The highest portions of the Himalaya are in the Palearctic realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.[1]

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

• Himalayan subtropical broadleaf forests
• Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests

Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests

• Himalayan subtropical pine forests

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

• Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests
• Western Himalayan broadleaf forests

Temperate coniferous forests

• Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests
• Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

• Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands

Montane grasslands and shrublands

• Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows (Palearctic)
• Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows (Palearctic)

Freshwater ecoregions

• Upper Brahmaputra
• Ganges Himalayan Foothills
• Ganges Delta and Plain

References

1. Olson, D. M., Dinerstein, E., Wikramanayake, E. D., Burgess, N. D., Powell, G. V. N., Underwood, E. C., D'Amico, J. A., Itoua, I., Strand, H. E., Morrison, J. C., Loucks, C. J., Allnutt, T. F., Ricketts, T. H., Kura, Y., Lamoreux, J. F., Wettengel, W. W., Hedao, P., Kassem, K. R. (2001). Terrestrial ecoregions of the world: a new map of life on Earth. Bioscience 51(11):933-938