List of ecoregions in Myanmar

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

Terrestrial ecoregions

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

Freshwater ecoregions

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  • 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

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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

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References

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  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