 The Bahia interior forests cover an area of , extending across portions of Bahia, Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and Sergipe states.The Bahia interior forests lie inland from the Bahia coastal forests, which extend approximately inland from the coast.The Bahia interior forests extend north to the São Francisco River, where they lie much closer to the coast, and are bounded on the west by the dry Caatinga shrublands.