South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests

South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests
South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests
	Chitals in Bandipur National Park, Karnataka
	Ecoregion territory (in purple)
Ecology
Realm	Indomalayan
Biome	tropical 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
Area	23,676 km2 (9,141 sq mi)
Country	India
States	Karnataka; Kerala; Tamil Nadu;
Coordinates	10°07′31″N 77°02′06″E / 10.125225°N 77.035049°E
Conservation
Conservation status	critical/endangered
Protected	6,645 km² (28%)

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.

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