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Description:
The
North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests
is a
tropical moist broadleaf forest
ecoregion
of southwestern
India
. It lies between 250 and 1000 meters elevation in the northern portion of the
Western Ghats
range, from their northern end in
Maharashtra
state, through
Karnataka
to the transitional forests of
Wayanad
in
Kerala
. It surrounds the
North Western Ghats montane rain forests
ecoregion, which lies above 1000 meters elevation. The ecoregion has an area of 48,200 square kilometers (18,600 square miles). It is bounded on the west by the
Malabar Coast moist forests
ecoregion, which lies between the 250 meter elevation and the
Malabar Coast
. At the northern end of the Western Ghats range in southeastern
Gujarat
, the ecoregion borders the
Kathiawar-Gir dry deciduous forests
to the west and the
Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests
to the northeast. The Wayanad forests at the southern end of the ecoregion mark the transition to the
South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests
to the south. To the east, in the
rain shadow
of the Ghats, lies the
South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests
ecoregion, whose
tropical dry forests
cover the Ghats' eastern foothills.
See also
List of ecoregions in India
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