Downloads

Image of Freshwater Ecoregions of the World (1.2MB)

This is an image of the freshwater ecoregion map. This image can be used in presentations (e.g. Powerpoint) or other documents. August 2008 update.

Legend for Freshwater Ecoregions of the World (536KB)

This is the full list of 426  freshwater ecoregion names. It can be used in combination with the map or image file.

BioScience article (6MB)

This is a pdf version of the BioScience article (Abell et al. 2008) that describes the Freshwater Ecoregions of the World map and associated fish data.

GIS shapefile (14MB)

This is the GIS shapefile of the freshwater ecoregions of the world. It is a zipped file and contains metadata. This version was put online in May 2008.

Ecoregions in Google Earth (14MB)

This file will map the Freshwater Ecoregions of the World in Google Earth. Initially, this may slow navigation in Google Earth, but when zoomed in, navigation of  the ecoregions becomes easier. This version was put online in May 2008.