{{Short description, none The following is a list of terrestrial

ecoregion An ecoregion (ecological region) is an ecological and geographic area that exists on multiple different levels, defined by type, quality, and quantity of environmental resources. Ecoregions cover relatively large areas of land or water, and c ...

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Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature. The transition between two of the planet's eight terrestrial biogeographic realms – the

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ...

, which includes temperate and boreal Eurasia, and Indomalaya, which includes tropical South and Southeast Asia – extends through southern China.

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 (WWF). Description TSMF is generally found in la ...

* Guizhou Plateau broadleaf and mixed forests * Hainan Island monsoon rain forests * Jiang Nan subtropical evergreen forests * Mizoram–Manipur–Kachin rain forests * Northern Indochina subtropical forests * South China Sea Islands *

South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...

* South Taiwan monsoon rain forests (Taiwan) * Taiwan subtropical evergreen forests (Taiwan) * Yunnan Plateau subtropical evergreen forests

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

* Central China loess plateau mixed forests * Changbai Mountains mixed forests * Changjiang Plain evergreen forests * Daba Mountains evergreen forests * Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests * Huang He Plain mixed forests * Manchurian mixed forests * Northeast China Plain deciduous forests * Qin Ling Mountains deciduous forests * Sichuan Basin evergreen broadleaf forests * Tarim Basin deciduous forests and steppe

Temperate coniferous forests Temperate coniferous forest is a terrestrial ecoregion, terrestrial biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Temperate coniferous forests are found predominantly in areas with warm summers and cool winters, and vary in their kinds of plant ...

* Altai montane forest and forest steppe * Da Hinggan–Dzhagdy Mountains conifer forests * Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests * Helanshan montane conifer forests * Hengduan Mountains subalpine conifer forests * Northeastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests * Nujiang Lancang Gorge alpine conifer and mixed forests * Qilian Mountains conifer forests * Qionglai–Minshan conifer forests * Tian Shan montane conifer forests

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands are terrestrial biomes defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. The predominant vegetation in these biomes consists of grass and/or shrubs. The climate is temperate and ranges from Semi-arid clima ...

* Altai steppe and semi-desert * Daurian forest steppe * Emin Valley steppe * Mongolian–Manchurian grassland * Tian Shan foothill arid steppe

Flooded grasslands and savannas

* Amur meadow steppe * Bohai Sea saline meadow * Nenjiang River grassland * Suiphun–Khanka meadows and forest meadows * Yellow Sea saline meadow

Montane grasslands and shrublands

* Altai alpine meadow and tundra *

Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe The Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe ecoregion (WWF ID: PA1002) covers the high alpine plateau that stretches over across the Tibetan Plateau to Qinghai Lake in China. Because of the high altitude—much it over —the region is a cold, a ...

* Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows * Karakoram–West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe * North Tibetan Plateau–Kunlun Mountains alpine desert * Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows * Ordos Plateau steppe * Pamir alpine desert and tundra * Qilian Mountains subalpine meadows * Southeast Tibet shrub and meadows * Tian Shan montane steppe and meadows * Tibetan Plateau alpine shrublands and meadows * Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows * Yarlung Tsangpo arid steppe

Deserts and xeric shrublands Deserts and xeric shrublands are a biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Deserts and xeric (Ancient Greek 'dry') shrublands form the largest terrestrial biome, covering 19% of Earth's land surface area. Ecoregions in this habitat ...

* Alashan Plateau semi-desert * Eastern Gobi desert steppe * Junggar Basin semi-desert * Qaidam Basin semi-desert * Taklimakan desert Ecoregions *

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...