Petén-Veracruz moist forests
- Petén-Veracruz moist forests
The Petén-Veracruz moist forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico.
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The Petén-Veracruz moist forests cover an area of 149,100 square kilometers (57,600 square miles), extending from central Veracruz state across portions of the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Tabasco, Chiapas, and Campeche, as well as northern Guatemala and most of Belize. The Petén-Veracruz moist forests mostly occupy a coastal lowland with meandering rivers, and includes the Lacandon Forest of Chiapas and the Petén Basin of Guatemala. The ecoregion is bounded on the south by a series of mountain ranges and highlands, including the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca, Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Chiapas Plateau, and Guatemalan Highlands, where the lowland Petén-Veracruz forests yield to montane moist forests and pine-oak forests. In central Veracruz, the Veracruz dry forests separate the Petén-Veracruz moist forests from the Veracruz moist forests further north. The western portion of the ecoregion mostly extends to the Gulf of Mexico, although the montane forests of the Sierra de las Tuxtlas and the flooded forests and wetlands of the Pantanos de Centla constitute distinct ecoregions. The eastern portion of the ecoregion is bounded on the north by the Yucatán moist forests, which extend east and west across the Yucatán peninsula. The Petén-Veracruz moist forests extend east to the Caribbean Sea in Belize, surrounding enclaves of Belizean pine forests in the Maya Mountains and near the coast. The Belizean Coast mangroves run along the Caribbean coast.
Flora
Fauna
People
The Petén-Veracruz moist forests were home to the Olmec culture, which built cities between 1200 and 400 BCE. The Classic Maya civilization (250-900 CE) was centered in the eastern portion of the ecoregion, from Tabasco and northern Chiapas across northern Guatemala to Belize. Today, Mayan people inhabit the eastern portion of the ecoregion, while Mixe-Zoque and Nahuatl peoples inhabit the western portion.
Conservation and threats
The ecoregion contains a number of protected areas, including the Maya Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala.
External links
* [http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt0154_full.html Petén-Veracruz moist forests (World Wildlife Fund)]
* [http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt0154.html Petén-Veracruz moist forests (National Geographic)]
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