List of ecoregions in Myanmar

Summary

The following is a list of ecoregions in Myanmar (also known as Burma).[1][2]

Terrestrial ecoregions edit

Myanmar is in the Indomalayan realm. ecoregions are listed by biome.[3]

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests edit

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests edit

Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests edit

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests edit

Temperate coniferous forests edit

Mangroves edit

Montane grasslands and shrublands edit

Freshwater ecoregions edit

  • 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)
    • Lower and Middle Salween (China, Myanmar, Thailand)
    • Inle Lake (Myanmar)[4]
    • Upper Salween (China, Myanmar)

Marine ecoregions edit

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

See also edit

  •   Myanmar portal

References edit

  1. ^ WWF; Ecoregions by country - M
  2. ^ Encyclopedia of earth - Ecoregions
  3. ^ Wikramanayake, Eric; Eric Dinerstein; Colby J. Loucks; et al. (2002). Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific: a Conservation Assessment. Washington, DC: Island Press
  4. ^ WWF; Lake Inle Archived 14 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ 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