Irrawaddy dry forests | |
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Ecology | |
Realm | Indomalayan realm |
Biome | tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests |
Borders | |
Geography | |
Area | 34,988 km2 (13,509 sq mi) |
Country | Myanmar |
Administrative divisions | |
Conservation | |
Conservation status | Critical/endangered |
Protected | 167 km² (>1%)[1] |
The Irrawaddy dry forests is a tropical dry broadleaf forest ecoregion in central Myanmar. The ecoregion occupies portions of the Irrawaddy, Sittaung, and Salween river basins, in areas with less than 800 mm of annual rainfall.