The following is a list of ecoregions in Jordan defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Terrestrial ecoregions Jordan is in the Palearctic realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.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
Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands Middle East steppe
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests
Deserts and xeric shrublands Arabian Desert Mesopotamian shrub desert Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert
Freshwater ecoregions Jordan River Arabian Interior Southwestern Arabian Coast
Marine ecoregions Northern and Central Red SeaSpalding, Mark D., Helen E. Fox, Gerald R. Allen, Nick Davidson et al. "Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas". Bioscience Vol. 57 No. 7, July/August 2007, pp. 573-583.
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