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Cañón Del Usumacinta
Cañón del Usumacinta is a protected natural area in southern Mexico. It protects part of the Usumacinta Canyon, where the Usumacinta River winds northwards in a narrow gorge which cuts through parallel ridges. It is located in the state of Tabasco, on the border with Guatemala. Geography The Cañón del Usumacinta Flora and Fauna Protection Area covers 461.28 km2. The Usumacinta River forms the western boundary of the protected area. The Guatemalan border forms its southern boundary, where it adjoins Guatemala's Sierra del Lacandón National Park. Flora and fauna The Cañón del Usumacinta is in the Petén–Veracruz moist forests The Petén–Veracruz moist forests is an ecoregion of the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest biome found in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico. Setting The Petén–Veracruz moist forests cover an area of , extending from central Vera ... ecoregion, evergreen tropical rain forests that extend from Mexico's southern Gulf Coastal Plain ...
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Tenosique Municipality
Tenosique Municipality is a municipality in Tabasco in south-eastern Mexico. The municipal seat is the town of Tenosique Tenosique is a town located in Tenosique Municipality in the southeastern corner of the state of Tabasco, in Mexico. Its official name is Tenosique de Pino Suárez. The town had a 2020 census population of 34,946 inhabitants (the fourth-largest .... The municipality has an area of and includes many small outlying communities. Cañón del Usumacinta Flora and Fauna Protection Area is located in the municipality. References {{coord, 17, 28, N, 91, 25, W, source:kolossus-eowiki, display=title Municipalities of Tabasco ...
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Tabasco
Tabasco (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tabasco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tabasco), is one of the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa. It is located in the southeast of the country, bordering the states of Campeche to the northeast, Veracruz to the west, and Chiapas to the south and the Petén department of Guatemala to the southeast. It has a coastline to the north with the Gulf of Mexico. Most of the state is covered in rainforest as, unlike most other areas of Mexico, it has plentiful rainfall year-round. The state is also home to La Venta, the major site of the Olmec civilization, considered to be the origin of later Mesoamerican cultures. It produces significant quantities of petroleum and natural gas. Geography The state is located in the southeast of Mexico, bordering the states of Campeche, Chiapas, and Veracruz, with the Gulf of Mexico to the north and the country of Guatemal ...
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