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In Mexico, admirable environments are imposed on those who visit it for their great height and beauty. These are regions with different atmospheres that produce tones in the sky, since seasonal snowfall occurring in them, tinged with white.
Among the country's most significant mountains, highlight the great colossus of Iztaccihuatl and Popocatepetl, located within one of the most enigmatic Mexican national parks.
Other national parks are the Nevado de Toluca National Park, a protected natural area located on the slopes of Nevado de Toluca. It occupies an area of approximately 46,784 hectares. The flora found in the park consists of a coniferous forest and oak, in terms of fauna include squirrels, birds, rabbits, coyotes, reptiles, rodents, and opossums teporingos .
The Pico de Orizaba National Park; its length corresponds in part to the volcano of Pico de Orizaba or Citlaltépetl , the highest mountain in Mexico , and high mountain forests and adjacent grassland areas , which retain a great diversity of flora and fauna of the region.
The Cumbres de Monterrey National Park was established on November 24, 1939 by decree of President Lazaro Cardenas, having at the time with an area of 246,500 hectares, which it did at the time the largest park in Mexico. By a decree of redistricting in 2000 dropped its extension to 177,395.95 hectares.
This park was established as such for the conservation of flora and fauna, which with the growth of the urban area of Monterrey is threatened.
The San Pedro Martir National Park comprises wooded lot located in the mountain range of Sierra de San Pedro Martir. This is one of the few mountain forest tracts are located in the Peninsula of Baja California. It has a variety of conifer species and serves as an important refuge for wildlife on the peninsula between whose species, some endemic can see bighorn sheep.
It is located in the central portion of the Mexican state of Baja California, whose area corresponds to the municipality of Ensenada. The area was first explored around 1701 by the expeditions conducted by Eusebio Francisco Kino, but the order dominica who founded the first mission in place.
Within the limits of the national park, in the mountainous elevation known as the Hill of the Dome was established in the year 1971, the National Astronomical Observatory of Mexico, which is the second largest in Latin America.
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