Balsas dry forests

Balsas dry forests
Dry forest near Apatzingán, Michoacán, Mexico
location of the Balsas dry forests ecoregion
Ecology
Realm	Neotropical
Biome	tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
Borders	List Sierra Madre del Sur pine-oak forests Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine-oak forests Southern Pacific dry forests Tehuacán Valley matorral Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine-oak forests
Geography
Area	37,384 km2 (14,434 sq mi)
Country	Mexico
States	Guerrero Mexico Michoacan Morelos Oaxaca Puebla
Conservation
Conservation status	Critical/endangered
Global 200	Mexican dry forests
Protected	10.9%%[1]

The Balsas dry forests is a tropical dry broadleaf forest ecoregion located in western and central Mexico.