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Ecosystems are the working relationships within a place, the community of organisms and the physical environment they interact with, distinct from a biome large scale climate zone. An ecosystem article describes what depends on what: a wetland food web, a reef cleaning relationship, a forest floor decomposition cycle, scoped narrower than a biome and more concrete than a single species.

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African Great Lakes

Wetland and Freshwater

Amazon Rainforest

Tropical Rainforest

Amazon Varzea Forest

Wetland and Freshwater

Antarctic Peninsula

Polar and Antarctic

Arabian Desert

Desert

Arctic Ocean

Polar and Antarctic

Arctic Tundra

Polar and Antarctic

Atacama Desert

Desert

Atlantic Forest

Tropical Rainforest

Black Forest

Temperate Forest and Shrubland

Borneo Rainforest

Tropical Rainforest

California Chaparral

Temperate Forest and Shrubland

Camargue

Wetland and Freshwater

Canadian Boreal Forest

Boreal Forest and Taiga

Caspian Sea

Wetland and Freshwater

Cerrado

Savanna and Grassland

Chagos Archipelago

Marine and Coral Reef

Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

Temperate Forest and Shrubland

Chihuahuan Desert

Desert

Choco-Darien Rainforest

Tropical Rainforest

Congo Basin Rainforest

Tropical Rainforest

Coral Reef Systems

Marine and Coral Reef

Coral Sea

Marine and Coral Reef

Coral Triangle

Marine and Coral Reef

Daintree Rainforest

Tropical Rainforest

Danube Delta

Wetland and Freshwater

Deep Sea

Marine and Coral Reef

Doñana

Wetland and Freshwater

Eastern Himalayas

Tropical Rainforest

Eurasian Steppe

Savanna and Grassland

Everglades

Wetland and Freshwater

Fiordland

Temperate Forest and Shrubland

Fynbos

Temperate Forest and Shrubland

Galapagos

Marine and Coral Reef

Gobi Desert

Desert

Gran Chaco

Savanna and Grassland

Great Barrier Reef

Marine and Coral Reef

Great Lakes

Wetland and Freshwater

Great Plains

Savanna and Grassland

Great Victoria Desert

Desert

Greenland Ice Sheet

Polar and Antarctic

Gulf of California

Marine and Coral Reef

Heath

Temperate Forest and Shrubland

Iguazu

Tropical Rainforest

Kakadu

Wetland and Freshwater

Kalahari Desert

Desert

Karakum Desert

Desert

Kelp Forests

Marine and Coral Reef

Kruger National Park

Savanna and Grassland

Lake Baikal

Wetland and Freshwater

Lake Tanganyika

Wetland and Freshwater

Lake Victoria

Wetland and Freshwater

Llanos

Savanna and Grassland

Madagascar Rainforests

Tropical Rainforest

McMurdo Dry Valleys

Polar and Antarctic

Mediterranean Basin

Temperate Forest and Shrubland

Mekong Delta

Wetland and Freshwater

Mesoamerican Reef

Marine and Coral Reef

Mesopotamian Marshes

Wetland and Freshwater

Mojave Desert

Desert

Mongolian Steppe

Savanna and Grassland

Moorland

Temperate Forest and Shrubland

Muskeg

Wetland and Freshwater

Namib Desert

Desert

New Guinea Rainforest

Tropical Rainforest

Ningaloo Reef

Marine and Coral Reef

Okavango Delta

Wetland and Freshwater

Pacific Northwest Temperate Rainforest

Temperate Forest and Shrubland

Pampas

Savanna and Grassland

Pantanal

Wetland and Freshwater

Patagonian Steppe

Savanna and Grassland

Prairie Pothole Region

Wetland and Freshwater

Raja Ampat

Marine and Coral Reef

Red Sea Coral Reef

Marine and Coral Reef

Ross Sea

Polar and Antarctic

Sahara Desert

Desert

Sahel

Savanna and Grassland

Sargasso Sea

Marine and Coral Reef

Scandinavian Taiga

Boreal Forest and Taiga

Serengeti

Savanna and Grassland

Siberian Taiga

Boreal Forest and Taiga

Simpson Desert

Desert

Sky Island

Temperate Forest and Shrubland

Sonoran Desert

Desert

Sumatran Lowland Rainforest

Tropical Rainforest

Sundarbans

Wetland and Freshwater

Svalbard

Polar and Antarctic

Taklamakan Desert

Desert

Thar Desert

Desert

Tonle Sap

Wetland and Freshwater

Valdivian Temperate Rainforest

Temperate Forest and Shrubland

Wadden Sea

Wetland and Freshwater

Western Ghats

Tropical Rainforest

Yasuní

Tropical Rainforest

Yellowstone

Temperate Forest and Shrubland
Sources
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.Contains: Lake BaikalView the Source
UNESCO World Heritage Centre
UNESCO World Heritage Centre
  • Contains: Mesopotamian Marshes
  • Contains: Wadden Sea
View the Source
World Wildlife Fund
World Wildlife Fund
  • Contains: Coral Triangle
  • Contains: Mesoamerican Reef
  • Contains: Cerrado
  • Contains: Fynbos
View the Source
What Is the Deep Ocean? (NOAA Ocean Exploration)
NOAA Ocean ExplorationContains: Deep SeaView the Source
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