List of ecoregions in Myanmar

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

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests:

• Chin Hills-Arakan Yoma montane forests (India, Myanmar)
• Irrawaddy freshwater swamp forests (Myanmar)
• Irrawaddy moist deciduous forests (Myanmar)
• Kayah-Karen montane rain forests (Myanmar, Thailand)
• Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin rain forests (Bangladesh, India, Myanmar)
• Myanmar coastal rain forests (Myanmar)
• Northern Indochina subtropical forests (China, Laos, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam)
• Northern Triangle subtropical forests (Burma)
• Tenasserim-South Thailand semi-evergreen rain forests (Malaysia, Burma, Thailand)

Other forests

• Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
  • Irrawaddy dry forests (Burma)
• Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests
  • Northeast India-Myanmar pine forests (India, Myanmar)
• Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
  • Northern Triangle temperate forests (Burma)
  • Nujiang Langcang Gorge alpine conifer and mixed forests (China, Burma)

Montane grasslands and shrublands

Montane grasslands and shrublands:

• Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows (Bhutan, China, India, Burma, Nepal)

Freshwater ecoregions

Freshwater ecoregions:

• Lake Inle (Burma)
• Mekong (Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam)
• Salween (Burma, Thailand)

Marine ecoregions

Marine ecoregions:

• Andaman Sea

Mangroves

• Myanmar Coast mangroves

References

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