ecoregion
noun[C]
environmentspecializeduk/ˈiː.kəʊˌriː.dʒən/us/ˈiː.koʊˌriː.dʒən/aregionthat has aparticulartypeofnaturalenvironmentandnaturalfeatures. It is usuallydefinedassmallerthan anecozone:
生态区TheCentralGreatPlains is the state'slargestecoregion.中部大平原是这个州最大的生态区。
See also
ecozone
bioregion
- According to theWorldWideFund forNature, theterritoryof Denmark can besubdividedinto two ecoregions: the Atlanticmixedforestsand Balticmixedforests.
- The Knysna-Amatole montaneforestsis asubtropicalmoistbroadleafforestecoregion ofSouthAfrica.
- Part of a 23-million-acre ecoregion thatstretchesfrom Maryland to Vermont, thenorthernTaconicsroughlyseparateVermont from New York.
- He isdirectorfornatureconservancy of thenortherntallgrassprairieecoregion.
Geography: areas of land in general
- berm
- bioregion
- curtilage
- demesne
- ecotonal
- enclosure
- ground
- inland
- interior
- intermountain
- landbank
- non-desert
- orography
- parcel
- patch
- peatland
- reach
- sweep
- tract
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Weather & climate - general words
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