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The Chocón Machacas Protected Biotope is a protected nature reserve in eastern
Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...
. It is located in the municipality of
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, in a densely forested area covering the lower reaches of the Chocón Machacas River basin and the northern shores of the Río Dulce-
Golfete Dulce Lake El Golfete is a long narrow lake in Guatemala. It lies at sea level and is fed by the Dulce River (Guatemala), Dulce River from Lake Izabal draining to the Amatique Bay in the Caribbean Sea. References

Lakes of Guatemala, El Golfete G ...
system (). The Chocón Machacas river and Golfete Dulce complex form one of Guatemala's few remaining habitats for the endangered Caribbean manatee (''
Trichechus manatus The West Indian manatee (''Trichechus manatus''), also known as the North American manatee, is a large, aquatic mammal native to warm coastal areas of the Caribbean, from the Eastern United States to northern Brazil. Living alone or in herds, it ...
'').


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* * Protected areas of Guatemala Protected areas established in 1989 Central American Atlantic moist forests {{NorthAm-protected-area-stub