Tonle Sap–Mekong peat swamp forests

Tonle Sap-Mekong peat swamp forests
Wetlands in Tràm Chim National Park, Vietnam
Ecoregion territory (in purple)
Ecology
RealmIndomalayan
BiomeTropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Geography
Area29,526 km2 (11,400 sq mi)
CountryCambodia, Vietnam
Coordinates10°N 105°E / 10°N 105°E / 10; 105

The Tonle Sap-Mekong peat swamp forests ecoregion (WWF ID: IM0165) covers a patchwork of areas permanently inundated with fresh water along the Tonle Sap River and Mekong River floodplains in Cambodia and Vietnam. The terrain is mostly flat, with extensive agricultural fields, reed beds, and degraded shrub forest. Less than 10% of the region is in its original state, and less than 1% is protected. Habitat in the region is distinguished from the Tonle Sap freshwater swamp forests ecoregion that runs through the middle, as that ecoregion is only seasonally flooded.

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