List of ecoregions in Thailand explained

The following is a list of ecoregions in Thailand.

Terrestrial ecoregions

Thailand is in the Indomalayan realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.^[1]

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

• Cardamom Mountains rain forests
• Chao Phraya freshwater swamp forests
  • Chao Phraya lowland moist deciduous forests Kayah-Karen montane rain forests
• Luang Prabang montane rain forests
• Northern Thailand-Laos moist deciduous forests
• Northern Indochina subtropical forests
• Northern Khorat Plateau moist deciduous forests
• Peninsular Malaysian montane rain forests
• Peninsular Malaysian rain forests
• Tenasserim-South Thailand semi-evergreen rain forests

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

• Central Indochina dry forests
• Southeastern Indochina dry evergreen forests

Mangroves

• Indochina mangroves
• Myanmar Coast mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions

Thailand's freshwater ecoregions include:^[2]

• Mekong
  • Khorat Plateau
  • Lower Lancang
• Chao Phraya
• Mae Khlong
• Lower and middle Salween
• Malay Peninsula eastern slope

Marine ecoregions

Thailand straddles two marine realms. The Andaman Sea coast is in the Western Indo-Pacific, and the Gulf of Thailand coast is in the Central Indo-Pacific.^[3] Thailand's two marine ecoregions are:

• Andaman Sea Coral Coast
• Gulf of Thailand

See also

• Environmental issues in Thailand
• List of trees of northern Thailand

References

• Wikramanayake, Eric; Eric Dinerstein; Colby J. Loucks; et al. (2002). Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific: a Conservation Assessment. Washington, DC: Island Press

Notes and References

1. Wikramanayake, Eric; Eric Dinerstein; Colby J. Loucks; et al. (2002). Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific: a Conservation Assessment. Washington, DC: Island Press.
2. https://www.feow.org "Freshwater Ecoregions of the World". Accessed 12 May 2020
3. 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