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Boca del Cielo's main distinction is a long lagoon called La Joya, which is separated from open ocean by a sliver of land or shoal broken in the middle. [1] [2] The name, which means “mouth of heaven,” refers to this opening which looks off into open ocean where the sun sets in the evening. [5]
This list of Ramsar sites in Mexico includes wetlands that are considered to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention.Mexico currently has 138 sites designated as "Wetlands of International Importance" with a surface area of 88,264.29 km 2 (34,079.03 sq mi).
Puerto Arista is located 195 km from the state capital of Tuxtla Gutierrez, making it a popular getaway for this city as well as Tonalá along with Boca del Cielo fifteen km east. [ 1 ] [ 6 ] Although it is crowded mostly during Mexican vacation periods such as Holy Week and Christmas and empty most of the rest of the year, [ 1 ] it is still ...
It is connected to the sea by the 2.4 km dredged San Marcos Channel, which connects the lagoons to the coastal Boca del Cielo inlet. [4] Los Patos-Solo Dios, a system of small and shallow lagoons in Chiapas – Los Patos, El Mosquito, La Balona, Pampita – connected by narrow channels and wetlands, with an area of 113 km 2.
Santa Cruz Breakwater Lighthouse, is a lighthouse in California, United States, in the Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor in Santa Cruz, California. [3]The lighthouse is known as Walton Lighthouse because Charles Walton, a local businessman, contributed a significant part of the construction cost in memory of his late brother Derek Walton, who was a merchant seaman.
Boca de Jaruco (English: Mouth of Jaruco) is a small fishing village in the Mayabeque Province of Cuba. It is located in the municipality of Santa Cruz del Norte , at the mouth of the Rio Jaruco , on the Straits of Florida .
Boca del Río's two major festivals occur in the summer and are collectively known as the Fiestas del Boca del Río (Festivals of Boca del Rio) or simply Fiestas de Boca. Events take place at various locations such as the Plaza Civica, the Plaza Dorada, the Gutierrez Barrios Theatre, the Plaza Banderas, the San Pedro y San Pablo Church and ...
Passing the canyon called "Boca del Cerro", Tenosique, the Usumacinta goes into the plain of Tabasco. Two distributaries, the Palizada River and San Pedro y San Pablo River , branch from the main stem of the Usumacinta and empty north and east into the Laguna de Términos .