Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve

Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve
View north over tropical dry forest within Chamela-Cuixmala
Map showing the location of Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve
Map showing the location of Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve
Location in Mexico
Map showing the location of Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve
Map showing the location of Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve
Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve (North America)
Area131.42 km2 (50.74 sq mi)[2]
DesignationBiosphere reserve
Designated1994 (national) 2006 (international)
AdministratorNational Commission of Natural Protected Areas and National Autonomous University of Mexico
Official nameReserva de la Biosfera Chamela-Cuixmala
Designated2 February 2004
Reference no.1334[3]

The Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve is a biosphere reserve on the Pacific coast of the Mexican state of Jalisco. The park was founded in 1993 and covers 131.42 square kilometres in La Huerta Municipality. The land is mountainous and contains dry tropical forest and rolling hills and alluvial plains.

Riparian forest along the Cuixmala River
  1. ^ UNEP-WCMC (2022). Protected Area Profile for Chamela-Cuixmala from the World Database on Protected Areas. Accessed 16 August 2022. [1]
  2. ^ UNEP-WCMC (2022). Protected Area Profile for Chamela-Cuixmala from the World Database on Protected Areas. Accessed 16 August 2022. [2]
  3. ^ "Reserva de la Biosfera Chamela-Cuixmala". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.