This is a list of ecoregions in Honduras as defined by the

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and the Freshwater Ecoregions of the World database.

Terrestrial ecoregions

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forest, is a subtropical and tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Description TSMF is generally found in large, discon ...

* Central American Atlantic moist forests *

Central American montane forests The Central American montane forests are an ecoregion of the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests biome, as defined by the World Wildlife Fund, located in mountains of Central America. Geography Central American montane forests consi ...

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests The tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest is a habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature and is located at tropical and subtropical latitudes. Though these forests occur in climates that are warm year-round, and may receive ...

* Central American dry forests

Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests are a tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. These forests are found predominantly in North and Central America and experience low levels of precipitation and moderate va ...

Central American pine–oak forests The Central American pine–oak forests is a tropical and subtropical coniferous forests ecoregion in the mountains of northern Central America and Chiapas state in southern Mexico. Setting The Central American pine–oak forests occupy an are ...

* Miskito pine forests

Mangroves A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water. The term is also used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species. Mangroves are taxonomically diverse, as a result of convergent evolution in severa ...

* Gulf of Fonseca mangroves * Mosquitia–Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast mangroves * Northern Honduras mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions

Tropical and subtropical coastal rivers

* Chiapas–Fonseca * Quintana Roo–Motagua *

Mosquitia La Mosquitia is the easternmost part of Honduras along the Mosquito Coast, which extends into northeastern Nicaragua. It is a region of tropical rainforest, pine savannah, and marsh that is accessible primarily by water and air. Its population inc ...

* Estero Real–Tempisque

Marine ecoregions A marine ecoregion is an ecoregion, or ecological region, of the oceans and seas identified and defined based on biogeographic characteristics. Introduction A more complete definition describes them as “Areas of relatively homogeneous species ...

Tropical Northwestern Atlantic

* Western Caribbean (includes the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef) * Southwestern Caribbean

Tropical East Pacific

* Chiapas-Nicaragua

References

{{Honduras topics Honduras Ecoregions *