Ecoregions of India - Definition and Overview

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

• Andaman Islands rain forests (India)
• Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests (India)
• Chin Hills-Arakan Yoma montane forests (India, Myanmar)
• Eastern highlands moist deciduous forests (India)
• Himalayan subtropical broadleaf forests (Bhutan, India, Nepal)
• Malabar Coast moist forests (India)
• Maldives-Lakshadweep-Chagos Archipelago tropical moist forests (British Indian Ocean Territory, India, Maldives)
• Meghalaya subtropical forests (India)
• Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin rain forests (Bangladesh, India, Myanmar)
• Nicobar Islands rain forests (India)
• North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests (India)
• North Western Ghats montane rain forests (India)
• Orissa semi-evergreen forests (India)
• South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests (India)
• South Western Ghats montane rain forests (India)
• Sundarbans freshwater swamp forests (Bangladesh, India)
• Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests (India)

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

• Central Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests (India)
• Chota-Nagpur dry deciduous forests (India)
• East Deccan dry evergreen forests (India)
• Kathiawar-Gir dry deciduous forests (India)
• Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests (India)
• Northern dry deciduous forests (India)
• South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests (India)

Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests

• Himalayan subtropical pine forests (Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan)
• Northeast India-Myanmar pine forests (India, Myanmar)

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

• Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests (Bhutan, India, Nepal)
• Western Himalayan broadleaf forests (India, Nepal, Pakistan)

Temperate coniferous forests

• Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests (Bhutan, India, Nepal)
• Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests (India, Nepal, Pakistan)

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

• Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands (Bhutan, India, Nepal)

Montane grasslands and shrublands

• Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows (Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal)
• Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe (Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan)
• Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows (China, India, Pakistan)
• Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows (India, Nepal)

Flooded grasslands and savannas

• Rann of Kutch seasonal salt marsh (India, Pakistan)

Deserts and xeric shrublands

• Deccan thorn scrub forests (India)
• Indus Valley desert (India, Pakistan)
• Northwestern thorn scrub forests (India, Pakistan)
• Thar desert (India, Pakistan)

Mangrove

• Godavari-Krishna mangroves (India)
• Indus River Delta-Arabian Sea mangroves (Pakistan)
• Myanmar coast mangroves (India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand)
• Sundarbans mangroves (Bangladesh, India)