List of ecoregions in Bangladesh
This is a list of ecoregions in Bangladesh.
Terrestrial
Bangladesh is in the Indomalayan realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.[1]
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests
- Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests
- Meghalaya subtropical forests
- Mizoram–Manipur–Kachin rain forests
- Sundarbans freshwater swamp forests
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands
Mangroves
- Myanmar Coast mangroves
- Sundarbans mangroves
Freshwater
- Ganges Delta & Plain
- Chin Hills - Arakan Coast
Marine
Bangladesh's coastal waters are in the Western Indo-Pacific marine realm.[2]
- Northern Bay of Bengal
References
- ^ Wikramanayake, Eric; Eric Dinerstein; Colby J. Loucks; et al. (2002). Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific: a Conservation Assessment. Washington, DC: Island Press
- ^ 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
