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EEA Report 1/2002

Europe's biodiversity - biogeographical regions and seas

Report (PDF)Published 31 May 2002

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Europe's biodiversity - biogeographical regions and seas

EEA Report 1/2002

31 May 2002

This report describes both the eleven biogeographical regions and the seven regional seas around Europe in comparable chapters. The main focus of the chapters is on wild-living species, on the major ecosystems and some selected natural or semi-natural habitat types. The geographical coverage of the report is Europe to the Urals with surrounding regional seas.

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1Additional files
  • Introduction [PDF] [1.1 MB]
  • Biogeographical regions in Europe
    • The Arctic biogeographical region [PDF] [1.3 MB]
    • The Boreal biogeographical region [PDF] [2.3 MB]
    • The Anatolian region [New version] [850.9 KB]
    • The Continental biogeografical region [PDF] [3.2 MB]
    • The Mediterranean biogeografical region [PDF] [2.3 MB]
    • The Alpine Region [PDF] [2.3 MB]
    • The Atlantic Region [PDF] [2.1 MB]
    • The Black Sea Region [PDF] [1.1 MB]
    • The Macaronesian biogeographical region [PDF] [732.6 KB]
    • The Pannonian region [PDF] [521.0 KB]
    • The Steppic Region [PDF] [803.2 KB]
  • Regional seas around Europe
    • The North Sea [PDF] [497.3 KB]
    • The Arctic Ocean [PDF] [860.8 KB]
    • The North-east Atlantic Ocean [PDF] [331.4 KB]
    • The Baltic Sea [PDF] [426.9 KB]
    • The Caspian Sea [PDF] [402.6 KB]
    • The Black Sea [PDF] [355.5 KB]
    • The Mediterrenean Sea [PDF] [623.4 KB]
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