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The reserve protects extensive mangrove wetlands, part of a mangrove corridor known as the Petenes mangroves which extends along the western shore of the Yucatán Peninsula. 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]
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.
Los Petenes Biosphere Reserve (Spanish: Reserva de la Biosfera Los Petenes) is a biosphere reserve in Mexico. It is located on the western Yucatán Peninsula in the state of Campeche . The reserve is home to extensive mangrove wetlands, and rich in birds and other wildlife.
The proper derivation of the word Yucatán is widely debated. 17th-century Franciscan historian Diego López de Cogolludo offers two theories in particular. [8] In the first one, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, having first arrived to the peninsula in 1517, inquired the name of a certain settlement and the response in Yucatec Mayan was "I don't understand", which sounded like yucatán to the ...
It is located in the northwest corner of the state, just north of the border with the state of Campeche.. Surrounding the town is the 147,500-acre (600 km 2) Ría Celestún Biosphere Reserve, a wetland reserve that is the winter home to vast flocks of flamingos, as well as many herons and other bird species.
El Eden Ecological Reserve is a non governmental organization Ecological Reserve in Quintana Roo, Mexico.. Located at the northeastern tip of the Yucatán Peninsula (30 miles (48 km) NW of Cancun), El Eden is a non-governmental natural protected area of the mesoamerican tropical rain forest.
The Ría Lagartos mangroves ecoregion (WWF ID: NT1430) covers mangrove habitats of along the northern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, including the Ria Lagartos Lagoon ('Ria' meaning lagoon). A prominent section of the ecoregion is covered by the Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve. The site is an important area for migratory birds, fish, and sea ...
The Yucatán dry forests occupy the northwestern portion of the Yucatán Peninsula. They cover most of the state of Yucatán, the northern portion of Campeche, and small areas of northwestern Quintana Roo. It is bounded on the east and south by the Yucatán moist forests ecoregion.
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