The Lower Gangetic plains moist deciduous forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of Bangladesh and eastern India. The ecoregion covers an area of 254,100 square kilometers (98,100 square miles), covering most of Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Bihar, and Tripura, and extending into adjacent portions of Assam, Uttar Pradesh, and Orissa states. Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, also known as tropical rain forests, are a tropical and subtropical biome. ... An ecoregion is a relatively large area of land or water that contains a geographically distinct assemblage of natural communities. ... West Bengal (পশ্চিম বঙ্গ, Poshchim Bôngo) is a state in the eastern region of India. ... For other uses, see Bihar (disambiguation). ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Tripura Tripura (ত্রিপুরা) is a state in North-east India. ... Assam (Assamese: অসম Ôxôm) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur. ... Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: उत्तर प्रदेश, Urdu: اتر پردیش), also popularly known by its abbreviation UP, is the most populous and fifth largest state in the Union of India. ... Orissa (2001 provisional pop. ...

Setting

The Lower Gangetic plains moist deciduous forests extends across the alluvial plain of the lower Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers, which form the world's largest river delta. The ecoregion is currently one of the most densely-populated regions on earth, and the forests have largely been replaced with intensive agriculture. An alluvial plain is a relatively flat and gently sloping landform found at the base of a range of hills. ... Early morning on the Ganges The River Ganges (Ganga in Indian languages) (Devanagiri गंगा) is a major river in northern India. ... The Brahmaputra is one of the major rivers of Asia. ... Nile River delta, as seen from Earth orbit. ...

The ecoregion is bounded on the east and northeast by montane tropical rain forests; the Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin rain forests lie in the Chin Hills and Chittagong Hills to the east, and the Meghalaya subtropical forests lie in the Khasi Hills and Garo Hills to the northeast. To the north, the ecoregion extends to the base of the Himalayas, where it is bounded by the the Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands. The upper portion of the Brahmaputra valley in Assam is home to the humid lowland Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests. To the northwest, the forests are bounded by the Upper Gangetic plains moist deciduous forests, and the dry Chota Nagpur dry deciduous forests lie on the Chota Nagpur Plateau to the northwest. The Sundarbans freshwater swamp forests and Sundarbans mangroves ecoregions lie in the swampy, semi-brackish and brackish southern reaches of the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta bordering the Bay of Bengal. The Chin Hills are a range of hills in northwestern Myanmar that cross over into Assam, India. ... The Khasi Hills are part of the Garo-Khasi range in Meghalaya, India. ... The Garo Hills are part of the Garo-Khasi range in Meghalaya, India. ... Perspective view of the Himalaya and Mount Everest as seen from space looking south-south-east from over the Tibetan Plateau. ... The Terai or Tarai (moist land) is a belt of marshy grasslands, savannas, and forests at the base of the Himalaya range in India, Nepal, and Bhutan, from the Yamuna River in the west to the Brahmaputra River in the east. ... tropical rainforests in india ... The Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of northern India. ... The Chota Nagpur Plateau (also Chhota Nagpur) is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Orissa, Bihar, and Chhattisgarh. ... The mangrove-dominated Ganges delta – the Sundarbans - is a complex ecosystem comprising one of the three largest single tract mangrove forests of the world (Blasco 1975). ... Brackish water is water that is saltier than fresh water, but not as salty as sea water. ... A map showing the location of the Bay of Bengal. ...

External link

Lower Gangetic plains moist deciduous forests (World Wildlife Fund)