Ecology
The Irrawaddy river is home to a large diversity of animals, including about 43 fishspecies.
The most well-known of these species is the Irrawaddy Dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris), a euryhaline species of Oceanic dolphin with a high and rounded forehead, lacking a beak. It is found in discontinuous sub-populations near sea coasts and in estuaries and rivers in parts of the Bay of Bengal and South-East Asia.
Along the North-South course of the Irrawaddy River, a number of notably different ecoregions can be distinguished.
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