List of ecoregions in Laos
The following is a list of ecoregions in Laos as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).[1][2]
Terrestrial ecoregions
Laos is in the Indomalayan realm. Ecoregions are sorted by biome.
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Luang Prabang montane rain forests
- Northern Annamites rain forests
- Northern Indochina subtropical forests
- Northern Khorat Plateau moist deciduous forests
- Northern Thailand-Laos moist deciduous forests
- Northern Vietnam lowland rain forests
- Southern Annamites montane rain forests
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
Freshwater ecoregions
The freshwater ecoregions of Laos include:
References
- ^ WWF; Ecoregions by country - L
- ^ Encyclopedia of earth - Ecoregions
- Wikramanayake, Eric; Eric Dinerstein; Colby J. Loucks; et al. (2002). Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific: a Conservation Assessment. Washington, DC: Island Press