List of ecoregions in Thailand
The following is a list of ecoregions in Thailand.
Terrestrial ecoregions
[edit]Thailand is in the Indomalayan realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.[1]
- 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
Freshwater ecoregions
[edit]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
[edit]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:
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Wikramanayake, Eric; Eric Dinerstein; Colby J. Loucks; et al. (2002). Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific: a Conservation Assessment. Washington, DC: Island Press.
- ^ "Freshwater Ecoregions of the World". Accessed 12 May 2020
- ^ 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
- Wikramanayake, Eric; Eric Dinerstein; Colby J. Loucks; et al. (2002). Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific: a Conservation Assessment. Washington, DC: Island Press
