Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests

Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests
Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests
	Tropical moist deciduous forest in Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh
	Location of the ecoregion
Ecology
Realm	Indomalayan
Biome	tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Borders	List Central Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests; Chhota-Nagpur dry deciduous forests; Godavari-Krishna mangroves; Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests; Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests; North Deccan dry deciduous forests; Odisha semi-evergreen forests;
Bird species	313
Geography
Area	341,100 km2 (131,700 sq mi)
Country	India
States	Andhra Pradesh; Chhattisgarh; Jharkhand; Madhya Pradesh; Maharashtra; Odisha; Telangana;
Coordinates	19°12′N 80°30′E / 19.200°N 80.500°E
Conservation
Conservation status	Critical/endangered
Protected	3.97%

The Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests, presently known as East Deccan moist deciduous forests,^[2] is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ecoregion in east-central India. The ecoregion covers an area of 341,100 square kilometers (131,700 sq mi), extending across portions of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, and Telangana states.

^ "Eastern highlands moist deciduous forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
^ Dinerstein, Eric; Olson, David; Joshi, Anup; Vynne, Carly; Burgess, Neil D.; Wikramanayake, Eric; Hahn, Nathan; Palminteri, Suzanne; Hedao, Prashant; Noss, Reed; Hansen, Matt (June 2017). "An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm". BioScience. 67 (6): 534–545. doi:10.1093/biosci/bix014. ISSN 0006-3568. PMC 5451287. PMID 28608869.