Cuban wetlands

Cuban wetlands
Ecoregion territory (in purple)
Ecology
RealmNeotropical
Biomeflooded grasslands and savannas
Borders
Geography
Area5,631 km2 (2,174 sq mi)
CountryCuba
Conservation
Conservation statusCritical/endangered[1]
Protected3,306 km2 (59%)[2]

The Cuban wetlands is a flooded grasslands and savannas ecoregion on the island of Cuba and nearby smaller islands. The ecoregion covers 5,631 km2 (2,174 sq mi), about 4% of the island's area.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Cuban wetlands". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
  2. ^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, pp. 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [1]