Back Boscs decidus humits dels Ghats occidentals meridionals Catalan Sudokcident-ghataj humidaj deciduaj arbaroj Esperanto Bosques húmedos de hoja caduca de los Ghats occidentales del Sur Spanish جنگلهای خزاندار مرطوب جنوب غربی گهات Persian Вологі листяні ліси Південно-Західних Гат Ukrainian
| 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 | |
| Geography | |
| Area | 23,676 km2 (9,141 sq mi) |
| Country | India |
| States | |
| Coordinates | 10°07′31″N 77°02′06″E / 10.125225°N 77.035049°E |
| Conservation | |
| Conservation status | critical/endangered[1] |
| Protected | 6,645 km² (28%)[2] |
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]