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Basaseachic Falls National Park

National Park

Basaseachic Falls National Park, established on 2 February 1981 in Mexico's Sierra Madre Occidental, protects the region around Basaseachic Falls, the second-tallest waterfall in Mexico at 246 meters, along with the surrounding Candameña Canyon, whose walls rise as high as 1,640 meters. Covering about 5,803 hectares, the park's pine-oak forest contains 92 species of conifer and 76 species of oak, and its wildlife includes cougars, white-tailed deer and rattlesnakes. It is also home to the mountain trogon, an endangered species endemic to the region that carries symbolic significance for Mexicans.

Facts
Designation Category
National Park 1
Established Year
1981 2
Area (sq km)
58.03 2
Governing Body
Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources 1
Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
Sources
1. Basaseachic Falls National Park (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead sentence
    is a national park located in the western side of the state of Chihuahua in the heart of the Sierra
  • Wikipedia lead extract, realm terrestrial
    Basaseachic Falls National Park is a national park located in the western side of the state of Chihuahua in the heart of the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range.
  • Wikipedia infobox, governing_body field
    Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources
  • Wikipedia infobox, governance-type government
    Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources
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2. Wikidata: Basaseachic Falls National Park
  • Wikidata Q4866274, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata P2046 (area), preferred/latest rank
  • Wikidata Q4866274 P571 inception
  • Part Of: Mexico, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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Wikidata: Mexico
On Continent: North America, Wikidata item for Mexico, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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