List of ecoregions in Saudi Arabia
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The following is a list of ecoregions in Saudi Arabia, as identified by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Yemen lies on the boundary between two of the world's biogeographic realms. The Afrotropical realm covers the southeastern portion of the Arabian Peninsula, as well as Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. The Palearctic realm covers the rest of the Arabian Peninsula as well as temperate Eurasia and Northern Africa.
Deserts and xeric shrublands
- Arabian desert (Palearctic)
- Persian Gulf desert and semi-desert (Palearctic)
- Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert (Palearctic)
- Southwestern Arabian montane woodlands (Afrotropical)
- Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna (Afrotropical)
- Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert (Afrotropical)