Balsas dry forests

The Balsas dry forests is a tropical dry broadleaf forest ecoregion located in western and central Mexico.

Balsas dry forests
Dry forest near Apatzingán, Michoacán, Mexico
location of the Balsas dry forests ecoregion
Ecology
RealmNeotropical
Biometropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
Borders
List
  • Sierra Madre del Sur pine-oak forests
  • Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine-oak forests
  • Southern Pacific dry forests
  • Tehuacán Valley matorral
  • Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine-oak forests
Geography
Area37,384 km2 (14,434 sq mi)
CountryMexico
States
  • Guerrero
  • Mexico
  • Michoacan
  • Morelos
  • Oaxaca
  • Puebla
Conservation
Conservation statusCritical/endangered
Global 200Mexican dry forests
Protected10.9%%
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