Alvarado mangroves

Alvarado mangroves
Alvarado mangroves
	Mangrove swamp of the Tuxpan River, Veracruz State, Mexico
	Ecoregion territory (in red)
Ecology
Realm	Neotropic
Biome	Mangroves
Borders	Petén-Veracruz moist forests; Sierra de los Tuxtlas; Veracruz dry forests; Veracruz moist forests;
Geography
Area	4,403 km2 (1,700 sq mi)
Coordinates	21°45′36″N 97°39′14″W / 21.76°N 97.654°W

The Alvarado mangroves ecoregion (WWF ID: NT1401) covers a series of mangrove forest areas along the Gulf of Mexico coast of the states of Tamaulipas and Veracruz in Mexico. they are the most northerly mangroves in the western Gulf. The largest tracts of mangrove swamps occur at the mouths of rivers, and nearby coastal lagoon.^[1]^[2]^[3]

^ "Alvarado mangroves". World Wildlife Federation. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
^ "Map of Ecoregions 2017". Resolve, using WWF data. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
^ "Alvarado mangroves". The Encyclopedia of Earth. Retrieved November 20, 2020.

[wwf-1] "Alvarado mangroves". World Wildlife Federation. Retrieved November 20, 2020.

[ecomap-2] "Map of Ecoregions 2017". Resolve, using WWF data. Retrieved November 20, 2020.

[eoe-3] "Alvarado mangroves". The Encyclopedia of Earth. Retrieved November 20, 2020.

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