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

Mangroves

Freshwater
  • Ganges Delta & Plain
  • Chin Hills - Arakan Coast

Marine

Bangladesh's coastal waters are in the Western Indo-Pacific marine realm.[2]

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. 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
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