Irrawaddy moist deciduous forests

Irrawaddy moist deciduous forests
Road in Amarapura, outside of Mandalay
Ecoregion territory (in purple)
Ecology
RealmIndomalayan realm
Biometropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Borders
Geography
Area137,909 km2 (53,247 sq mi)
CountryMyanmar
Administrative divisions
Conservation
Conservation statusvulnerable
Protected4,359 km² (3%)[1]

The Irrawaddy moist deciduous forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in central Myanmar. The ecoregion occupies the central basin of the Irrawaddy River and the lower basin of the Salween River. The ecoregion is characterized by forests of tall trees which drop their leaves in the dry season. Most of the ecoregion's forests have been converted to agriculture.

  1. ^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [1]

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