List of ecoregions in Myanmar explained

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

• Andaman Islands rain forests (India, Myanmar)
• 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)
• Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests (Bangladesh, India, Myanmar)
• Mizoram–Manipur–Kachin rain forests (Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, China)
• 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

• Central Indochina dry forests (Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar)
• Irrawaddy dry forests (Myanmar)

Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests

• Northeast India–Myanmar pine forests (Myanmar, India)

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

• Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests (Bhutan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, China)
• Northern Triangle temperate forests (Myanmar)

Temperate coniferous forests

• Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests (Bhutan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, China)
• Nujiang Lancang Gorge alpine conifer and mixed forests (Myanmar, China)

Mangroves

• Myanmar Coast mangroves (Myanmar, Thailand, Bangladesh, Malaysia)

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

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

Notes and References

1. http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/ecoregions/ecoregion_list/ecoregions_country/ecoregions_country_m.cfm WWF; Ecoregions by country - M
2. http://www.eoearth.org/topics/view/51cbfc79f702fc2ba8129ee0/ 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. http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/ecoregions/lake_inle.cfm WWF; Lake Inle
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