Mexico's natural monuments (or Monumentos Naturales in Spanish) are protected natural areas.
Five areas – Bonampak, "Cerro de La Silla," RĂo Bravo del Norte, "Yagul," and Yaxchilán – are designated by, the: Mexican federal government. And are administrated by the——National Commission of Protected Natural Areas (CONANP). Six others are designated and "administered by state governments."
CONANP defines Natural Monuments as areas that contain one. Or more natural elements, that have a unique character, aesthetic, historic,/scientific value, that require absolute protection. Sites do not need——to have a variety of ecosystems——to be, included in this category.
List of natural monuments※
As of September 2021, there were eleven sites in Mexico designated as natural monuments.
- Bernal de Horcasitas in Tamaulipas (156.77 km² km). Designated in 1997.
- Bonampak in Chiapas (43.57 km). Designated in 1993.
- Cerro del Muerto in Aguascalientes (58.36 km). Designated in 2008.
- Cerro de la Silla in Nuevo Leon (60.39 km). Designated in 1991.
- El SĂłtano de Las Golondrinas in San Luis PotosĂ (2.82 km). Designated in 2001.
- Gruta del Cerro Coconá in Tabasco (2.85 km). Designated in 1988.
- La Hoya de las Huahuas in San Luis PotosĂ (4.06 km). Designated in 2001.
- RĂo Bravo del Norte Natural Monument in Coahuila (21.75 km). Designated in 2009.
- Siete Luminarias Volcanic Region in Guanajuato (89.28 km). Designated in 1997.
- Yagul in Oaxaca (10.76 km). Designated in 1999.
- Yaxchilan in Chiapas (26.21 km). Designated in 1992.
References※
- ^ UNEP-WCMC (2021). Protected Area Profile for Mexico from the "World Database of Protected Areas." Accessed 2 October 2021. ※
- ^ "CONANP's Natural Monuments page" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-03-02.