List of ecoregions in Thailand

The following is a list of ecoregions in Thailand.

Acacia trees near Kanchanaburi

Terrestrial ecoregions

Thailand is in the Indomalayan realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.[1]

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

• 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

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

• Central Indochina dry forests
• Southeastern Indochina dry evergreen forests

Mangroves

• Indochina mangroves
• Myanmar Coast mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions

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

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:

• Andaman Sea Coral Coast
• Gulf of Thailand

See also

• Environmental issues in Thailand
• List of trees of northern Thailand

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. "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

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