Sierra de Vallejo Biosphere Reserve is a protected natural area of western

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

. It protects the Sierra de Vallejo, a

Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contine ...

coastal mountain range in southern

Nayarit Nayarit (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nayarit ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Nayarit), is one of the 31 states that, along with Mexico City, comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 20 municipalities and its ...

state. The reserve was established in 2004, and covers an area of 549.35 km².UNEP-WCMC (2021). Protected Area Profile for Sierra de Vallejo from the World Database of Protected Areas. Accessed 3 October 2021

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References

{{reflist Biosphere reserves of Mexico Protected areas of Nayarit Jalisco dry forests