Ganges Delta & Plain
ID
709
Author(s)
J. Hales
Countries
Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Major Habitat Type
Tropical and subtropical floodplain rivers and wetland complexes
Drainages flowing into
Bay of Bengal
Description
Boundaries
This ecoregion includes the tributaries and main stem of the Ganges within the Ganges plain. It extends from New Delhi to the Ganges Delta.
Description of endemic fishes
11 endemic species
Justification for delineation
For Southeast Asia, delineations were determined using a bottom-up approach that employed both published and unpublished field data and expert assessment (Abell et al. 2008). The fauna differs from surrounding ecoregions and includes the oldest known fauna in this region (M. Kottelat pers. comm. 2006).
References
- Abell, Robin,M.L. Thieme,C. Revenga,M. Bryer,M. Kottelat,N. Bogutskaya,B. Coad,N. Mandrak,S.C. Balderas,W. Bussing,M.L.J. Stiassny,P. Skelton,G.R. Allen,P. Unmack,A. Naseka,R. Ng,N. Sindorf,J. Robertson,E. Armijo,J.V. Higgins,T.J. Heibel,E. Wikramanayake, (2008). "Freshwater Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Biogeographic Units for Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation" BioScience 58 (5) pp. 403-414.