South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests
- South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests
The South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of southern India. It covers the southern portion of the Western Ghats range and the Nilgiri Hills between 250 and 1000 meters elevation in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states.
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The ecoregion has an area of 23,800 square kilometers (9,200 square miles). It includes the southern ranges of the Western Ghats, including the Agastyamalai and Anamalai, and the eastward spurs of the Nilgiri Hills and Palni Hills. The forests of Wayanad in northern Kerala mark the transition to the North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests to the north. To the west, the Malabar Coast moist forests ecoregion lies in the coastal strip between the 250 meter contour and the Malabar Coast. To the east, the ecoregion transitions to the South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests ecoregion in the drier rain shadow of the Western Ghats. It surrounds the South Western Ghats montane rain forests ecoregion, which lies above 1000 meters elevation.
ee also
* Malanad
* Malnad
* Malabar Coast moist forests
* South Western Ghats montane rain forests
External links
* [http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/im/im0150_full.html South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests (World Wildlife Fund)]
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