Solutions for Rivers
50 priority river basins
WWF focuses its work on 50 river systems across the world where we stand the best chance of conserving maximum biodiversity.
North and South America
- Mackenzie - [Ecoregions: Muskwa/Slave Lake Boreal Forests (81), Canadian Low Arctic Tundra (114)]
Canada - Northern High Plains Rivers & Streams - [Ecoregion: Northern Prairie (94)]
Canada, USA - Pacific Coast Rivers & Streams - [Ecoregion: Klamath-Siskiyou Coniferous Forests (73)]
USA - Southeastern Rivers & Streams - [Ecoregion: Southeastern Rivers & Streams (175)]
USA - Everglades - [Ecoregion: Everglades Flooded Grasslands (100)]
USA - Rio Grande/Bravo - [Ecoregion: Chihuahuan-Tehuacán Deserts (131)]
Mexico, USA - Chihuahuan Desert Lakes - [Ecoregion: Chihuahuan-Tehuacán Deserts (131)]
Mexico, USA - San Pedro Mezquital - [Ecoregion: Gulf of California (214)]
Mexico - Mesoamerican Reef Catchments - [Ecoregion: Mesoamerican Reef (235)]
Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico - Orinoco - [Ecoregion: Llanos Savannas (92)]
Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil - Guianan Freshwater - [Ecoregion: Guianan Moist Forests (42)]
Brazil, French Guiana (France), Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela - Amazon - [Ecoregion: Amazon River and Flooded Rivers (147)]
Brazil, Colombia, Peru - Paraguay - [Ecoregion: Pantanal Flooded Savanna (101)]
Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay - Paraná - [Ecoregion: Atlantic Forests (48)]
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay
Europe, North Africa and Central Asia
- Danube - [Ecoregions: European-Mediterranean Montane Mixed Forests (77), Danube River Delta (159)]
Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, FYR Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine - Baltic Catchments - [Ecoregion: North Atlantic Shelf Marine (200)]
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Sweden - South Iberia Catchments (incl. Doñana) - [Ecoregion: Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands and Scrub (123)]
Spain - Anatolian Catchments - [Ecoregion: Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands and Scrub (123)]
Turkey - Lake Prespa and Balkans - [Ecoregion: Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands and Scrub (123)]
Albania, Greece, FYR Macedonia - Altai Sayan Forest Rivers & Streams - [Ecoregion: Altai-Sayan Montane Forests (79)]
China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia - Amur River - [Ecoregion: Russian Far East Temperate Forests (71)]
China, Mongolia, Russia
Africa
- North-African Catchments - [Ecoregion: European-Mediterranean Montane Mixed Forests (77)]
Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia - Niger River - [Ecoregion: Sudd-Sahelian Flooded Grasslands and Savannas (97)]
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria - Upper Guinea Rivers & Streams - [Ecoregions: Guinean Moist Forests (1), Upper Guinea Rivers & Streams (161)]
Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Togo - Lake Chad - [Ecoregion: Sudd-Sahelian Flooded Grasslands and Savannas (97)]
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Niger, Nigeria - Congo River - [Ecoregions: Central Congo Basin Moist Forests (5), Western Congo Basin Moist Forests (6), Congo Basin Piedmont Rivers & Streams (150)]
Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Sudan - Mara River - [Ecoregion: Rift Valley Lakes (182)]
Kenya, Tanzania - Ruaha River - [Ecoregions: Central and Eastern Miombo Woodlands (88), East African Marine (233)]
Tanzania - Kagera River - [Ecoregion: Rift Valley Lakes (182)]
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda - Tana River - [Ecoregion: East African Marine (233)]
Kenya - Lake Malawi - [Ecoregion: Rift Valley Lakes (182)]
Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania - Zambezi River (incl. Kafue Flats) - [Ecoregion: Central and Eastern Miombo Woodlands (88)]
Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe - Madagascar River & Streams - [Ecoregions: Madagascar Forests and Shrublands (10), Madagascar Spiny Thicket (125)]
Madagascar - Cape Rivers & Streams - [Ecoregion: Cape Rivers & Streams (164)]
South Africa
Asia
- Indus River - [Ecoregion: Indus River Delta (156)]
Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan - Ganges River - [Ecoregion: Sundarbans Mangroves (139)]
Bangladesh, India - Western Ghats - [Ecoregion: Western Ghats Rivers and Streams (171)]
India - Godavari
India - Sundaland River & Swamps - [Ecoregion: Sundaland Rivers & Swamps (174)]
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore - Kinabatangan - [Ecoregion: Borneo Lowland and Montane Forests (31)]
Malaysia - Yangtze River - [Ecoregions: Southwest China Temperate Forests (70), Yangtze River and Lakes (149)]
China - Mekong River - [Ecoregions: Annamite Range Moist Forests (25), Mekong River (144)]
Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam - Sepik River - [Ecoregions: Southern New Guinea Lowland Forests (14), New Guinea Montane Forests (15), Solomons-Vanuatu-Bismarck Moist Forests (16)]
Papua New Guinea, Indonesia - Kikori - [Ecoregions: Southern New Guinea Lowland Forests (14), New Guinea Montane Forests (15), Solomons-Vanuatu-Bismarck Moist Forests (16)]
Papua New Guinea - Lakes Kutubu and Sentani - [Ecoregion: Lakes Kutubu and Sentani (187)]
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
Oceania
- Fly River - [Ecoregion: Northern Australia and Trans-Fly Savannas (90)]
Australia - Great Barrier Reef Catchments - [Ecoregion: Great Barrier Reef (222)]
Australia - Southwest Australia Rivers & Streams - [Ecoregion: Southwestern Australia Forests and Scrub (119)]
Australia - Murray-Darling Basin
Australia - New Caledonia Rivers & Streams - [Ecoregion: New Caledonia Dry Forests (53)]
New Caledonia (France)
