List of ecoregions in India

Because of its size and range of latitude, topography, and climate, India is home to a great diversity of ecoregions, ranging from permanent ice and snow to tropical rainforests. For Regions, see List of regions of India, for Climatic Regions see Climatic regions of India.

The Himalaya, which runs across India's northern tier, is the boundary between two of the Earth's great ecozones — the Palearctic, which covers most of temperate-to-arctic Eurasia, and Indomalaya, which covers most of the Indian subcontinent and extends into Indochina, Sundaland (Malaysia and western Indonesia) and the Philippines.

List of ecoregions in India

Ecozone	Biome	Ecoregion	State
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Andaman Islands rain forests	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests	Arunachal Pradesh
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests	Assam
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests	Meghalaya
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests	Nagaland
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Eastern highlands moist deciduous forests	Andhra Pradesh
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Eastern highlands moist deciduous forests	Chhattisgarh
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Eastern highlands moist deciduous forests	Jharkhand
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Eastern highlands moist deciduous forests	Madhya Pradesh
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Eastern highlands moist deciduous forests	Maharashtra
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Eastern highlands moist deciduous forests	Odisha
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Eastern highlands moist deciduous forests	West Bengal
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Himalayan subtropical broadleaf forests	Bihar
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Himalayan subtropical broadleaf forests	Sikkim
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Himalayan subtropical broadleaf forests	Uttar Pradesh
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Himalayan subtropical broadleaf forests	West Bengal
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests	Assam
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests	Bihar
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests	Jharkhand
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests	Madhya Pradesh
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests	Odisha
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests	Tripura
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests	Uttar Pradesh
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests	West Bengal
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Malabar Coast moist forests	Goa
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Malabar Coast moist forests	Karnataka
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Malabar Coast moist forests	Kerala
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Malabar Coast moist forests	Maharashtra
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Malabar Coast moist forests	Tamil Nadu
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Maldives-Lakshadweep-Chagos Archipelago tropical moist forests	Lakshadweep
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Meghalaya subtropical forests	Assam
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Meghalaya subtropical forests	Meghalaya
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Meghalaya subtropical forests	Nagaland
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin rain forests	Assam
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin rain forests	Manipur
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin rain forests	Mizoram
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin rain forests	Nagaland
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin rain forests	Tripura
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Nicobar Islands rain forests	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests	Daman and Diu
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests	Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests	Goa
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests	Gujarat
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests	Karnataka
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests	Maharashtra
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	North Western Ghats montane rain forests	Goa
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	North Western Ghats montane rain forests	Gujarat
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	North Western Ghats montane rain forests	Karnataka
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	North Western Ghats montane rain forests	Maharashtra
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Odisha semi-evergreen forests	Andhra Pradesh
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Odisha semi-evergreen forests	Odisha
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests	Karnataka
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests	Kerala
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests	Tamil Nadu
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	South Western Ghats montane rain forests	Karnataka
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	South Western Ghats montane rain forests	Kerala
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	South Western Ghats montane rain forests	Tamil Nadu
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Sundarbans freshwater swamp forests	West Bengal
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests	Bihar
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests	Delhi
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests	Haryana
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests	Himachal Pradesh
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests	Madhya Pradesh
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests	Rajasthan
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests	Uttar Pradesh
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests	Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests	Uttarakhand
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Central Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests	Andhra Pradesh
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Central Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests	Chhattisgarh
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Central Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests	Karnataka
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Central Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests	Madhya Pradesh
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Central Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests	Maharashtra
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Chhota-Nagpur dry deciduous forests	Bihar
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Chhota-Nagpur dry deciduous forests	Chhattisgarh
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Chhota-Nagpur dry deciduous forests	Jharkhand
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Chhota-Nagpur dry deciduous forests	Madhya Pradesh
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Chhota-Nagpur dry deciduous forests	Odisha
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Chhota-Nagpur dry deciduous forests	Uttar Pradesh
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Chhota-Nagpur dry deciduous forests	West Bengal
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	East Deccan dry-evergreen forests	Andhra Pradesh
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	East Deccan dry-evergreen forests	Puducherry
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	East Deccan dry-evergreen forests	Tamil Nadu
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests	Daman and Diu
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests	Gujarat
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests	Haryana
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests	Madhya Pradesh
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests	Maharashtra
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests	Rajasthan
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests	Uttar Pradesh
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests	Chhattisgarh
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests	Gujarat
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests	Karnataka
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests	Madhya Pradesh
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests	Maharashtra
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests	Uttar Pradesh
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Northern dry deciduous forests	Chhattisgarh
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	Northern dry deciduous forests	Odisha
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests	Karnataka
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests	South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests	Tamil Nadu
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests	Himalayan subtropical pine forests	Himachal Pradesh
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests	Himalayan subtropical pine forests	Jammu and Kashmir
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests	Himalayan subtropical pine forests	Punjab
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests	Himalayan subtropical pine forests	Sikkim
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests	Himalayan subtropical pine forests	Uttar Pradesh
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests	Himalayan subtropical pine forests	Uttarakhand
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests	Himalayan subtropical pine forests	West Bengal
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests	Northeast India-Myanmar pine forests	Manipur
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests	Northeast India-Myanmar pine forests	Nagaland
Indomalayan	Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests	Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests	Arunachal Pradesh
Indomalayan	Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests	Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests	Assam
Indomalayan	Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests	Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests	Nagaland
Indomalayan	Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests	Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests	Sikkim
Indomalayan	Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests	Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests	West Bengal
Indomalayan	Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests	Western Himalayan broadleaf forests	Himachal Pradesh
Indomalayan	Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests	Western Himalayan broadleaf forests	Jammu and Kashmir
Indomalayan	Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests	Western Himalayan broadleaf forests	Punjab
Indomalayan	Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests	Western Himalayan broadleaf forests	Uttarakhand
Indomalayan	Temperate coniferous forests	Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests	Arunachal Pradesh
Indomalayan	Temperate coniferous forests	Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests	Sikkim
Indomalayan	Temperate coniferous forests	Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests	West Bengal
Indomalayan	Temperate coniferous forests	Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests	Himachal Pradesh
Indomalayan	Temperate coniferous forests	Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests	Jammu and Kashmir
Indomalayan	Temperate coniferous forests	Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests	Uttarakhand
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands	Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands	Assam
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands	Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands	Bihar
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands	Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands	Uttar Pradesh
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands	Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands	Uttarakhand
Indomalayan	Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands	Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands	West Bengal
Indomalayan	Flooded grasslands and savannas	Rann of Kutch seasonal salt marsh	Gujarat
Indomalayan	Deserts and xeric shrublands	Deccan thorn scrub forests	Andhra Pradesh
Indomalayan	Deserts and xeric shrublands	Deccan thorn scrub forests	Karnataka
Indomalayan	Deserts and xeric shrublands	Deccan thorn scrub forests	Madhya Pradesh
Indomalayan	Deserts and xeric shrublands	Deccan thorn scrub forests	Maharashtra
Indomalayan	Deserts and xeric shrublands	Deccan thorn scrub forests	Tamil Nadu
Indomalayan	Deserts and xeric shrublands	Northwestern thorn scrub forests	Chandigarh
Indomalayan	Deserts and xeric shrublands	Northwestern thorn scrub forests	Delhi
Indomalayan	Deserts and xeric shrublands	Northwestern thorn scrub forests	Gujarat
Indomalayan	Deserts and xeric shrublands	Northwestern thorn scrub forests	Haryana
Indomalayan	Deserts and xeric shrublands	Northwestern thorn scrub forests	Himachal Pradesh
Indomalayan	Deserts and xeric shrublands	Northwestern thorn scrub forests	Jammu and Kashmir
Indomalayan	Deserts and xeric shrublands	Northwestern thorn scrub forests	Punjab
Indomalayan	Deserts and xeric shrublands	Northwestern thorn scrub forests	Rajasthan
Indomalayan	Deserts and xeric shrublands	Thar desert	Gujarat
Indomalayan	Deserts and xeric shrublands	Thar desert	Haryana
Indomalayan	Deserts and xeric shrublands	Thar desert	Rajasthan
Indomalayan	Mangrove	Godavari-Krishna mangroves	Andhra Pradesh
Indomalayan	Mangrove	Godavari-Krishna mangroves	Odisha
Indomalayan	Mangrove	Godavari-Krishna mangroves	Tamil Nadu
Indomalayan	Mangrove	Indus River Delta-Arabian Sea mangroves	Daman and Diu
Indomalayan	Mangrove	Indus River Delta-Arabian Sea mangroves	Gujarat
Indomalayan	Mangrove	Indus River Delta-Arabian Sea mangroves	Maharashtra
Indomalayan	Mangrove	Sundarbans mangroves	West Bengal
Palearctic	Temperate coniferous forests	Northeastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests	Arunachal Pradesh
Palearctic	Montane grasslands and shrublands	Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe	Jammu and Kashmir
Palearctic	Montane grasslands and shrublands	Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows	Arunachal Pradesh
Palearctic	Montane grasslands and shrublands	Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows	Sikkim
Palearctic	Montane grasslands and shrublands	Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe	Jammu and Kashmir
Palearctic	Montane grasslands and shrublands	Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows	Himachal Pradesh
Palearctic	Montane grasslands and shrublands	Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows	Jammu and Kashmir
Palearctic	Montane grasslands and shrublands	Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows	Himachal Pradesh
Palearctic	Montane grasslands and shrublands	Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows	Uttarakhand

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Terrestrial

• Southwestern Ghats moist forests (India)
• Eastern Deccan Plateau moist forests (India)
• Naga-Manupuri-Chin hills moist forests (India)
• Chhota-Nagpur dry forests (India)
• Himalayan subtropical pine forests (Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan)
• Northeast India-Myanmar pine forests (India, Myanmar)
• Eastern Himalayan broadleaf and conifer forests (Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal)
• Western Himalayan temperate forests (Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Pakistan)
• Terai-Duar savannas and grasslands (Bhutan, India, Nepal)
• Rann of Kutch Flooded Grasslands (India, Pakistan)
• Tibetan Plateau steppe (Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan, Tajikistan)
• Eastern Himalayan alpine meadows (Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal)
• Sundarbans mangroves (Bangladesh, India)

External links

• ECOZONES OF INDIA
• An article about India's biodiversity
• Seasons, Climate, Global Warming in India - Reference Links Students Project