Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests

Lower Gangetic plains moist deciduous forests
Lower Gangetic plains moist deciduous forests
	Bhawal National Park
	Ecoregion territory (in purple)
Ecology
Realm	Indomalayan
Biome	tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Borders	List Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests; Chhota-Nagpur dry deciduous forests; Eastern highlands moist deciduous forests; Himalayan subtropical broadleaf forests; Meghalaya subtropical forests; Mizoram–Manipur–Kachin rain forests; Myanmar coastal rain forests; Myanmar Coast mangroves; Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests; Odisha semi-evergreen forests; Sundarbans mangroves; Sundarbans freshwater swamp forests; Terai–Duar savanna and grasslands; Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests;
Bird species	380+
Mammal species	126
Geography
Area	254,100 km2 (98,100 sq mi)
Countries	Bangladesh; India; Myanmar;
States	Assam; Bihar; Odisha; Tripura; Uttar Pradesh,; West Bengal;
Coordinates	24°02′N 89°53′E
Conservation
Conservation status	Critical/endangered
Protected	2.76%

The Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ecoregion of Bangladesh and India. The ecoregion covers an area of 254,100 square kilometres (98,100 sq mi), comprising most of Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Bihar and Tripura, and extending into adjacent states of Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and a tiny part of Assam, as well as adjacent western Myanmar.

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