Marine Ecoregions and Pelagic Provinces of the World (MEOW/PPOW)
UNEP-WCMC / The Nature Conservancy
- License
- Non-commercialNon-commercial
- Commercial
- No
- Format
- Several
- Coverage
- Global oceans
- Projection
- EPSG:4326 · WGS 84
- Last updated
- Added to findgis 29 Oct 2026 · Update frequency Static
Tags
UNEP-WCMC and the Nature Conservancy designed the scheme so it can be tied to regional classifications.

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Source and attribution
- Publisher
- UNEP-WCMC / The Nature Conservancy
- License
- Non-commercialNon-commercial
- Commercial use
- No
- Attribution required
- Yes
- Modification allowed
- See publisher
- Redistribution allowed
- See publisher
- Share-alike
- No
- Region
- Global
- Type
- Vector
- Extent
- -180-9018090West, south, east, north. Approximate region extent.
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