Cañón del Río Blanco National Park

Cañón del Río Blanco National Park is protected natural area in Mexico's Veracruz state.

Cañón del Río Blanco National Park
Parque Nacional Cañón del Río Blanco
LocationVeracruz, Mexico
Nearest cityOrizaba
Coordinates18.82°N 97.17°W / 18.82; -97.17
Area488 km2 (188 sq mi)
DesignationNational park
Designated1938
Governing bodyNational Commission of Natural Protected Areas

Geography

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 fauna

Plant communities in the park include pine forest, oak forest, montane moist evergreen forest, and evergreen rain forest.[2]

Conservation

Cañón del Río Blanco was decreed a national park in 1938 by president Lázaro Cárdenas.[2]

References
  1. UNEP-WCMC (2021). Protected Area Profile for Cañón del Río Blanco from the World Database of Protected Areas. Accessed 9 October 2021.
  2. "Cañón del Río Blanco". Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, Government of Mexico. Accessed 9 October 2021.
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