Lagunas de Montebello National Park
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Lagunas de Montebello National Park
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 Laguna Ensueño in the Lagunas de Montebello National Park |
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| location | Chiapas , Mexico | |
| surface | 60.22 km² | |
| WDPA ID | 220 | |
| Geographical location | 16 ° 8 ' N , 91 ° 47' W | |
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| Sea level | from 1500 m to 1800 m | |
| Setup date | 1959 | |
| administration | SEMARNATE | |
The Lagunas de Montebello National Park in Mexico was established in 1959. The nature reserve is about 7000 hectares and is located in the south of the Mexican state Chiapas near the border with Guatemala . The national park has been a designated biosphere reserve by UNESCO since 2009 and includes over 50 lakes of different colors. The lake district is in the highlands and the climate is consistently mild. The lakes are surrounded by pine trees . The closest city is Comitán de Domínguez .
The park is between 1500 and 1800 meters above sea level , the landscape is characterized by hills.
The main attractions of the national park are the multicolored lakes and their bird life. The ruins of Chinkultic from the classical Mayan era are also located within the national park.
literature
- Helmut Hermann: Yucatán, Chiapas. From the Caribbean coast to San Cristóbal de las Casas and via Oaxaca to Mexico City. (Manual for individual discovery. On the way with travel know-how from the Caribbean coast to Mexico City). 2nd Edition. Reise Know-How Verlag Grundmann, Bielefeld 2012, ISBN 978-3-89662-371-3 , p. 641.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b UNESCO - MAB Biosphere Reserves Directory: Lagunas de Montebello , accessed January 23, 2014.
