Large river delta ecosystems
Delta complexes of several large temperate and polar rivers are identified, including the Mesopotamian, Volga, and Lena river deltas. The Niger, the most extensive river delta in Africa, is characterized by high species richness1). The extensive deltas of the Orinoco and Amazon rivers are covered by their respective large river ecoregions.
In this habitat are the following ecoregions:
Afrotropical
(155) Niger River Delta
Indo-Malayan
(156) Indus River Delta
Palearctic
(157) Volga River Delta
(158) Mesopotamian Delta and Marshes
(159) Danube River Delta
(160) Lena River Delta
1) Davies and Walker 1986, Wetlands International & The World Bank 1996, Thieme et al. in prep.
