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List of ecoregions in Albania

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Balkan mixed forests
Dinaric Mountains mixed forests
Illyrian deciduous forests
Pindus Mountains mixed forests

The following is a list of ecoregions in Albania defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and shrub


The Albanian Alps represent a major geomorphological part of Albania. It is the southernmost continuation of the Dinaric Alps, which extend along the Adriatic Sea from the Julian Alps in the northwest down to the Albanian Alps in the southeast.
The Albanian Adriatic and Ionian Sea coastlines are dotted with many ecosystems of an immense significance such as rocky coasts, lagoons, wetlands, sand dunes, river deltas, hydrophilic and hydrophobic forests.
The forests of Rrajcë and Gashi River are part of the Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians UNESCO World Heritage Site due to the extraordinary value of these forests.[1][2]]]
The main lagoon banks and islands of Patoku are covered by salt marsh scrubs.[3]
  1. ^ UNESCO World Heritage Sites. "Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe". whc.unesco.org. p. 1.
  2. ^ Euronatur. "Report of the Excursion to Ancient Beech Forests in Albania and Macedonia July 14–19, 2013" (PDF). euronatur.org. pp. 1–20.
  3. ^ "Conservation Status of Albanian Coastal Wetlands and their Colonial Waterbird Populations (Pelecaniformes and Ciconiiformes)" (PDF). vliz.be. Brussels. pp. 1–10.
  4. ^ Thethi-Guide. "Historia e Parkut Kombetar Theth" (in Albanian). Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  5. ^ "Rrjeti I Zonave Të Mbrojtura Në Shqipëri" (PDF). mjedisi.gov.al (in Albanian). p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  6. ^ FAO. "PËR ZGJERIMIN E SIPËRFAQES SË PARKUT KOMBËTAR "LURË" DHE KRIJIMIN E PARKUT KOMBËTAR "LURË–MALI I DEJËS"" (PDF). Fao.org (in Albanian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  7. ^ "tirana.al/" (PDF). tirana.al. p. 39. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Vendim Nr. 402 (21. Juni 2006): Për shpalljen e ekosistemit natyror të Malit të Dajtit "Park Kombëtar" (me sipërfaqe të zgjeruar)" (PDF) (in Albanian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  9. ^ "Vendim Nr. 640 (21. Mai 2008): Për shpalljen "Park kombëtar" të ekosistemit natyror Shebenik-Jabllanicë" (PDF). mjedisi.gov.al (in Albanian). p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2014.
  10. ^ "Management Plan for National Marine Park Karaburun-Sazan" (PDF). mcpa.iwlearn.org. p. 10.