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Guatemalan black howler. According to Parkswatch and the IUCN, [1] Guatemala is considered the fifth biodiversity hotspot in the world. [2] [3] The country has 14 ecoregions ranging from mangrove forest (4 species), in both ocean littorals, dry forests and scrublands in the eastern highlands, subtropical and tropical rain forests, wetlands, cloud forests in the Verapaz region, mixed forests ...
This is a list of ecoregions of Guatemala as defined by the World Wildlife Fund and the Freshwater Ecoregions of the World database. Terrestrial ecoregions
[2] [3] The departments are governed by a departmental governor, appointed by the President. In addition, Guatemala has claimed that all or part of the nation of Belize is a department of Guatemala, and this claim is sometimes reflected in maps of the region. Guatemala formally recognized Belize in 1991, but the border disputes between the two ...
It incorporated some established protected areas, including Trifinio Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala (221.79 km 2), which was established in 1987, [2] Montecristo Trifinio National Park in Honduras (82.15 km 2), was established in 1987, [4] and Montecristo National Park in El Salvador (19.73 km 2), which was established in 2008.
The biosphere reserve was created to protect the Montecristo cloud forest and its rare flora and fauna. [2] The dense cloud forest of oak and laurel trees, which grow up to 30 meters high, houses rare wildlife species like the two-fingered anteater, striped owls, toucans, agoutis, pumas, and spider monkeys.
National, departmental and municipal boundaries from the Infraestructura de Datos Espaciales de Guatemala (IDEG) website, a Guatemalan national geographic information system, whose data is on the public domain according to the Legislative Decree 42-2001 of the Congress of Guatemala.
A map of Guatemala Köppen climate types of Guatemala The highlands of Quetzaltenango A town along the Pan-American Highway within a volcanic crater. Guatemala is mountainous with small patches of desert and sand dunes, all hilly valleys, except for the south coast and the vast northern lowlands of Petén department. Two mountain chains enter ...
A map of Guatemala. Guatemala is mountainous, except for the south coastal area and the vast northern lowlands of Petén department. The country is located in Central America and bounded to the north and west by Mexico, to the east by Belize and by the Gulf of Honduras, to the east by Honduras, to the southeast by El Salvador, and to the south by the Pacific Ocean.