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The Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve ( Spanish: Reserva de Producción Faunística Cuyabeno) is the second largest reserve of the 56 national parks and protected areas in Ecuador. [1] It is located in the Putumayo Canton in the Sucumbíos Province and in the Aguarico Canton in the Orellana Province. It was decreed on 26 July 1979 as part of the ...
Ceiba State Forest ( Spanish: Bosque Estatal de Ceiba ), also referred to as the Ceiba State Reserve (Spanish: Reserva Estatal de Ceiba ), is a mangrove forest and nature reserve located in the eastern coast of Puerto Rico, in the municipalities of Ceiba and Fajardo. The forest extends over 350 acres and is mostly made of mangrove forests which ...
Terrestrial ecosystems are ecosystems that are found on land. Examples include tundra, taiga, temperate deciduous forest, tropical rain forest, grassland, deserts. [1] Terrestrial ecosystems differ from aquatic ecosystems by the predominant presence of soil rather than water at the surface and by the extension of plants above this soil/water ...
El Yunque National Forest is located on the slopes of the Sierra de Luquillo mountains, encompassing more than 28,000 acres (43.753 mi 2 or 113.32 km 2) of land, making it the largest block of public land in Puerto Rico . The highest mountain peak in the forest rises 3,494 feet (1,065 m) above sea level. The second highest mountain within El ...
Formation. El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve is known for its unique physical and biological characteristics, by the presence of a volcanic shield, and by the extensive areas of active dunes that surround it, and the greatest concentration of Maar craters. The Pinacate Mountains range has orogenic features of high interest ...
Papigochic Flora and Fauna Protection Area. / 28.259667°N 107.760889°W / 28.259667; -107.760889. Papigochic Flora and Fauna Protection Area is a protected area in Chihuahua state of Mexico. It covers an area of 2227.64 km 2 in the eastern Sierra Madre Occidental. To the northwest it adjoins Tutuaca Flora and Fauna Protection Area.
Tutuaca Flora and Fauna Protection Area. / 28.481472°N 108.249889°W / 28.481472; -108.249889. Tutuaca Flora and Fauna Protection Area is a protected area in the states of Chihuahua and Sonora in northwestern Mexico. It lies in the Sierra Madre Occidental, and covers an area of 4369.86 km 2. [1] To the southeast it adjoins Papigochic ...
National Commission of Natural Protected Areas. The Volcán Tacaná Biosphere Reserve ( Spanish: Reserva de Biosfera Volcán Tacaná) (established 2006) is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve at the Tacaná Volcano in Chiapas, Mexico, on the border with Guatemala. The volcano is part of the Central America Volcanic Arc ( Nucleo Centroamericano ).