List of ecoregions in Vietnam
The following is a list of ecoregions in Vietnam
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 moist 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
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
References
- 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
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