List of ecoregions in Vietnam

The following is a list of ecoregions in Vietnam defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

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

Mangroves

• Indochina mangroves

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

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