Myanmar coastal rain forests

Myanmar coastal rain forests
Myanmar coastal rain forests
	Myeik Village on the southern coast of Myanmar
	Ecoregion territory (in purple)
Ecology
Realm	Indomalayan realm
Biome	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Borders	List Irrawaddy freshwater swamp forests; Irrawaddy moist deciduous forests; Kayah–Karen montane rain forests; Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests; Mizoram–Manipur–Kachin rain forests; Myanmar Coast mangroves; Tenasserim–South Thailand semi-evergreen rain forests;
Geography
Area	64,222 km2 (24,796 sq mi)
Countries	Bangladesh; Myanmar;
States and regions	Ayeyarwady Region; Bago Region; Kayin State; Mon State; Rakhine State; Tanintharyi Region; Yangon Region;
Conservation
Conservation status	Vulnerable
Protected	3,534 km2 (6%)

The Myanmar coastal rain forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion on Mainland Southeast Asia. The ecoregion occupies Myanmar's coastal lowlands along the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.