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South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests
Chitals in Bandipur National Park, Karnataka
Ecoregion territory (in purple)
Ecology
RealmIndomalayan
Biometropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Borders
List
  • Deccan thorn scrub forests
  • Malabar Coast moist forests
  • North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests
  • North Western Ghats montane rain forests
  • South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests
  • South Western Ghats montane rain forests
Geography
Area23,676 km2 (9,141 sq mi)
CountryIndia
States
  • Karnataka
  • Kerala
  • Tamil Nadu
Coordinates10°07′31″N 77°02′06″E / 10.125225°N 77.035049°E / 10.125225; 77.035049
Conservation
Conservation statuscritical/endangered[1]
Protected6,645 km² (28%)[2]

The South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests is an ecoregion in the Western Ghats of southern India with tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests. This biome covers the Nilgiri Hills between elevation of 250 and 1,000 m (820 and 3,280 ft) in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states.

  1. ^ "South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
  2. ^ 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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