{"term":{"id":"14618","title":"ecoregion","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - ecoregion","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.14618","code":"14618","status":"current","synonym":"<em>synonym<\/em>: bioregion","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"\nAny of a number of regions into which a continent, country, etc., can be divided according to their distinct environmental conditions and habitat types.\nLarge area of land or water with a characteristic, geographically distinct assemblage of natural communities and species comprising a recurring pattern of ecosystems associated with characteristic combinations of soil and landform.Note: The biodiversity of ecosystems in an ecoregion is often distinct from that of other ecoregions.\n","links":[{"term":"biodiversity","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/14479"},{"term":"ecosystems","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/14619"},{"term":"habitat","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/14728"},{"term":"soil","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/15036"}],"sources":["PAC, 2009, 81, 829. 'Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 873 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1351\/PAC-REC-08-07-09)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/14618\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/14618\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/14618\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'ecoregion' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351\/goldbook.14618","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-04-21T08:14:22+00:00"}}