Northwestern Andean montane forests

Northwestern Andean montane forests (NT0145)
Caldera of Cuicocha in the Cotacachi-Cayapas Ecological Reserve, Écuador
Ecoregion territory (in purple)
Ecology
Realm	Neotropical
Biome	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Borders	List Cauca Valley montane forests Chocó–Darién moist forests Eastern Cordillera Real montane forests Magdalena–Urabá moist forests Northern Andean páramo Patía Valley dry forests Tumbes–Piura dry forests Western Ecuador moist forests
Geography
Area	81,325 km2 (31,400 sq mi)
Countries	Colombia, Ecuador
Coordinates	0°55′44″N 78°07′23″W / 0.929°N 78.123°W / 0.929; -78.123
Climate type	Af: equatorial; fully humid
Conservation
Conservation status	Vulnerable
Global 200	Northern Andean Montane Forests
Protected	15.025%[1]

The Northwestern Andean montane forests (NT0145) is an ecoregion on the Andes mountains in the west of Colombia and Ecuador. Both flora and fauna are highly diverse due to effect of ice ages when the warmer climate zones were separated and the cooler ones combined, and interglacial periods when the reverse occurred. Because the environment is hospitable to humans, the habitat has been drastically modified by farming and grazing since the Pre-Columbian era.