Northern dry deciduous forests

Northern dry deciduous forests
Ecoregion territory (in purple)
Ecology
RealmIndomalayan
Biometropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
BordersEastern Highlands moist deciduous forests
Geography
Area58,154 km2 (22,453 sq mi)
CountryIndia
States
Conservation
Conservation statuscritical/endangered
Protected1,604 km2 (3%)[1]

The Northern dry deciduous forests, presently known as the North Deccan dry deciduous forests,[1] is a tropical dry broadleaf forest ecoregion of east-central India.

  1. ^ a b 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]