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Sian Ka'an

Mexico
Date of Inscription: 1987
Criteria: (vii)(x)
Core zone: 528000 ha
Quintana Roo, Cozumel et Felipe Carrillo Puerto
N19 23 00 W87 47 30
Ref: 410

Brief Description

In the language of the Mayan peoples who once inhabited this region, Sian Ka'an means 'Origin of the Sky'. Located on the east coast of the Yucatán peninsula, this biosphere reserve contains tropical forests, mangroves and marshes, as well as a large marine section intersected by a barrier reef. It provides a habitat for a remarkably rich flora and a fauna comprising more than 300 species of birds, as well as a large number of the region's characteristic terrestrial vertebrates, which cohabit in the diverse environment formed by its complex hydrological system.

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