Mato Grosso tropical dry forests

Mato Grosso tropical dry forests
Fire in the Xingu Indigenous Park (August 2016}
Ecoregion territory (in purple)
Ecology
Realm	Neotropical
Biome	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Geography
Area	413,880.10 km2 (159,800.00 sq mi)
Country	Brazil
Coordinates	11°46′05″S 53°31′41″W / 11.768°S 53.528°W / -11.768; -53.528

The Mato Grosso tropical dry forests (NT0140), also called the Mato Grosso seasonal forests, is an ecoregion in central Brazil to the south of the Amazon region. It contains vegetation in the transition between the Amazon rainforest to the north and the cerrado savanna to the south. The opening of highways through the region has caused rapid population growth, deforestation and pollution.