South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests information
Ecoregion in India
South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests
Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary
Ecoregion territory (in purple)
Ecology
Realm
Indomalayan
Biome
tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
Borders
Deccan thorn scrub forests
South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests
Geography
Area
81,925 km2 (31,631 sq mi)
Country
India
States
Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
Conservation
Conservation status
critical/endangered
Protected
7,597 km2 (9%)[1]
The South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests is a tropical dry forest ecoregion in southern India. The ecoregion lies in the southernmost portion of the Deccan Plateau, and includes the southernmost portion of the Eastern Ghats.
The ecoregion lies in the rain shadow of the Western Ghats, and receives most of its rainfall with the June–September southwest monsoon. It is characterized by tall trees that drop their leaves during the dry winter and spring months. Much of the forest has been degraded through over-use, and thorn forests and shrub thickets are common. To the north and east, the dry deciduous forests transition to the drier Deccan thorn scrub forests.
^Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [1]
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