List of ecoregions in Vietnam explained

The following is a list of ecoregions in Vietnam defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions

Vietnam is in the Indomalayan realm. Ecoregions are sorted by biome.^[1]

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

• Cardamom Mountains rain forests
• Luang Prabang montane rain forests
• Northern Annamites rain forests
• Northern Indochina subtropical forests
• Northern Vietnam lowland rain forests
• Red River freshwater swamp forests
• South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests
• Southern Annamites montane rain forests
• Tonle Sap freshwater swamp forests
• Tonle Sap-Mekong peat swamp forests

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

• Central Indochina dry forests
• Southeastern Indochina dry evergreen forests
• Southern Vietnam lowland dry forests

Mangroves

• Indochina mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions

The freshwater ecoregions of Vietnam include:^[2]

• Xi Yiang
• Sông Hồng
• Northern Annam
• Southern Annam
• Mekong River
  • Kratie–Stung Treng
  • Mekong Delta

Marine ecoregions

Vietnam's coastal waters are in the Central Indo-Pacific marine realm.^[3]

• Gulf of Thailand
• Gulf of Tonkin
• South China Sea Oceanic Islands (disputed)
• Southern Vietnam

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