List of ecoregions in Myanmar
The following is a list of ecoregions in Myanmar (also known as Burma).[1][2]
Terrestrial ecoregions
Myanmar is in the Indomalayan realm. ecoregions are listed by biome.[3]
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Chin Hills–Arakan Yoma montane forests (Myanmar, India)
- Irrawaddy freshwater swamp forests (Myanmar)
- Irrawaddy moist deciduous forests (Myanmar)
- Kayah–Karen montane rain forests (Myanmar, Thailand)
- Mizoram–Manipur–Kachin rain forests (Myanmar, Bangladesh, India)
- Myanmar coastal rain forests (Myanmar)
- Northern Indochina subtropical forests (Myanmar, China, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam)
- Northern Triangle subtropical forests (Myanmar)
- Tenasserim–South Thailand semi-evergreen rain forests (Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand)
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
- Irrawaddy dry forests (Myanmar)
Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests
- Northeast India–Myanmar pine forests (Myanmar, India)
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
- Northern Triangle temperate forests (Myanmar)
- Nujiang Langcang Gorge alpine conifer and mixed forests (Myanmar, China)
Mangroves
Montane grasslands and shrublands
- Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows (Myanmar, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal)
Freshwater ecoregions
- Chin Hills-Arakan Coast (Bangladesh, India, Myanmar)
- Sitang-Irrawaddy (China, India, Myanmar)
- Mekong (Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam)
- Lower Lancang (Mekong) (China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand)
- Salween (China, Myanmar, Thailand)
Marine ecoregions
Myanmar's seas are in the Western Indo-Pacific marine realm.[5] Myanmar's two marine ecoregions are:
- Andaman Sea Coral Coast
- Northern Bay of Bengal
References
- ^ WWF; Ecoregions by country - M
- ^ Encyclopedia of earth - Ecoregions
- ^ Wikramanayake, Eric; Eric Dinerstein; Colby J. Loucks; et al. (2002). Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific: a Conservation Assessment. Washington, DC: Island Press
- ^ WWF; Lake Inle Archived 14 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Spalding, Mark D., Helen E. Fox, Gerald R. Allen, Nick Davidson et al. "Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas". Bioscience Vol. 57 No. 7, July/August 2007, pp. 573–583