South Red Sea & Gulf of Aden Coastal Drylands bioregion
The bioregion’s land area is provided in units of 1,000 hectares. The protection goal is the combined Global Safety Net (GSN1) areas for the component ecoregions. The protection level indicates the percentage of the GSN goal that is currently protected on a scale of 0-10. N/A means data is not available at this time.
The South Red Sea & Gulf of Aden Coastal Drylands bioregion, located in the Sub-Saharan Afrotropics subrealm, consists of 12 ecoregions—Horn of Africa Xeric Bushlands (45), South Arabian Fog Woodlands, Shrublands, and Dune (56), Southwest Arabian Montane Woodlands and Grasslands (59), Djibouti Xeric Shrublands (92), Eritrean Coastal Desert (93), Hobyo Grasslands and Shrublands (95), Socotra Island Xeric Shrublands (105), Somali Montane Xeric Woodlands (106), Southwest Arabian Coastal Xeric Shrublands (107), Southwest Arabian Escarpment Shrublands and Woodlands (108), Southwest Arabian Highland Xeric Scrub (109), Red Sea Mangroves (115)—encompassing the Horn of Africa, the southern Red Sea and Alden Sea, and the southernmost tip of the Arabian Peninsula. The bioregion is mostly desert with some drylands and scrublands and covers an area of approximately 78 million hectares, not including mangroves and adjacent marine areas in the Red Sea. The Horn of Africa is home to both the frankincense and myrrh trees and contains many endemic and rare animals adapted to the region’s dry and hot climate.
The South Red Sea & Gulf of Aden Coastal Drylands bioregion is part of the Sub-Saharan Afrotropics subrealm and is made up of 12 ecoregions: Red Sea Mangroves [1], Djibouti Xeric Shrublands [2], Eritrean Coastal Desert [3], Horn of Africa Xeric Bushlands [4], Somali Montane Xeric Woodlands [5], Hobyo Grasslands and Shrublands [6], Socotra Island Xeric Shrublands [7], South Arabian Fog Woodlands, Shrublands, and Dune [8], Southwest Arabian Escarpment Shrublands and Woodlands [9], Southwest Arabian Coastal Xeric Shrublands [10], Southwest Arabian Montane Woodlands and Grasslands [11], Southwest Arabian Highland Xeric Scrub [12].
Learn more about each of the South Red Sea & Gulf of Aden Coastal Drylands ecoregions below.
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