Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Yucatán endemic birds, not necessarily limited to the ecoregion, include the ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata), Yucatan nightjar (Antrostomus badius), Yucatán woodpecker (Melanerpes pygmaeus), Yucatan poorwill (Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus), yellow-lored parrot (Amazona xantholora), Yucatan flycatcher (Myiarchis yucatanensis), Yucatan jay ...
Freshwater from the peninsula's extensive aquifer has an outlet in the reserve, mixing with the salt waters of the Gulf of Mexico in the wetlands. [3] There are coastal dunes, and tropical dry forests in the uplands. [3] The reserve is home to large and diverse populations of migratory and resident birds, with over 304 species identified.
Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (Spanish: Reserva de la Biósfera Ría Lagartos) (established 2004) is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the state of Yucatán, Mexico.The reserve is located at the eastern end of the coastal strip of the Yucatán Peninsula, with the Gulf of Mexico at its northern limit.
Mexico recognizes 67 federally protected natural areas as national parks (Spanish: Parques Nacionales), which are administered by the National Commission of Protected Natural Areas (CONANP), a branch of the federal Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources.
The Maya Forest is a tropical moist broadleaf forest that covers much of the Yucatan Peninsula, thereby encompassing Belize, northern Guatemala, and southeastern Mexico.It is deemed the second largest tropical rainforest in the Americas, after the Amazon, with an area of circa 15 million hectares (150,000 km 2), of which at least 3 million (30,000 km 2) lie within protected areas.
Cenote at Bolonchén, Mexico, used as a source of water, painting of 1842 by Frederick Catherwood. In the north and northwest of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, the cenotes generally overlie vertical voids penetrating 50 to 100 m (160 to 330 ft) below the modern water table. However, very few of these cenotes appear to be connected with ...
The Cuxtal Ecological Reserve (Yucatec Maya pronunciation:, from the Mayan language meaning "life") is located in the southern zone of Mérida Municipality, between 20° 47' and 20° 55' of north latitude and 89° 33 and 89° 40' of west longitude.
Río Secreto (English translation: Secret River) is a semi-flooded limestone cave system near Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico. There are 38 kilometers of caves in the system, of which approximately 10% are used for ecotourism. [1] Currently, Río Secreto is protected as a nature reserve.