Cañón del Río Blanco National Park covers an area of 488 km2.[1] The park includes the upper watershed of the Río Blanco, where the river has carved a canyon through the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca, plunging over rapids and waterfalls as it descends from the mountains towards the Gulf Coastal Plain to empty into the Gulf of Mexico.
The park is in the Sierra de Zongolica, the northern sub-range of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca. Pico de Orizaba, a volcano the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt and Mexico's highest peak, lies several kilometers north of the park.
Flora and faunaedit
Plant communities in the park include pine forest, oak forest, montane moist evergreen forest, and evergreen rain forest.[2]
Conservationedit
Cañón del Río Blanco was decreed a national park in 1938 by president Lázaro Cárdenas.[2]
Referencesedit
^ abUNEP-WCMC (2021). Protected Area Profile for Cañón del Río Blanco from the World Database of Protected Areas. Accessed 9 October 2021. [1]
^ ab"Cañón del Río Blanco". Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, Government of Mexico. Accessed 9 October 2021. [2]
April 18, 2024
cañón, río, blanco, national, park, protected, natural, area, mexico, veracruz, state, parque, nacional, cañón, río, blancoiucn, category, national, park, locationveracruz, mexiconearest, cityorizabacoordinates18, 17area488, designationnational, parkdesignated. Canon del Rio Blanco National Park is protected natural area in Mexico s Veracruz state Canon del Rio Blanco National ParkParque Nacional Canon del Rio BlancoIUCN category II national park 1 LocationVeracruz MexicoNearest cityOrizabaCoordinates18 49 N 97 10 W 18 82 N 97 17 W 18 82 97 17Area488 km2 188 sq mi DesignationNational parkDesignated1938Governing bodyNational Commission of Natural Protected Areas Contents 1 Geography 2 Flora and fauna 3 Conservation 4 ReferencesGeography editCanon del Rio Blanco National Park covers an area of 488 km2 1 The park includes the upper watershed of the Rio Blanco where the river has carved a canyon through the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca plunging over rapids and waterfalls as it descends from the mountains towards the Gulf Coastal Plain to empty into the Gulf of Mexico The park is in the Sierra de Zongolica the northern sub range of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca Pico de Orizaba a volcano the Trans Mexican Volcanic Belt and Mexico s highest peak lies several kilometers north of the park Flora and fauna editPlant communities in the park include pine forest oak forest montane moist evergreen forest and evergreen rain forest 2 Conservation editCanon del Rio Blanco was decreed a national park in 1938 by president Lazaro Cardenas 2 References edit a b UNEP WCMC 2021 Protected Area Profile for Canon del Rio Blanco from the World Database of Protected Areas Accessed 9 October 2021 1 a b Canon del Rio Blanco Comision Nacional de Areas Naturales Protegidas Government of Mexico Accessed 9 October 2021 2 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Canon del Rio Blanco National Park amp oldid 1105991200, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
