Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻelua, ma muli o ko lākou kokoke, uhi ka ʻāpana o 393,074 hectares.
Ma waho aʻe o nā wahi a puni e pili ana i kahi wahi hoʻomalu ulu lāʻau no ka ipu kiʻekiʻe o nā kahawai ʻo Usumacinta a me Tulijá, i loko o ka nui he ʻelua a me ka hapa miliona mau heka. ʻO ka ʻāina o kēia puʻukū biosphere kahi i helu ʻia o nā heluna nui o nā mea kanu e like me nā ululāʻau kiʻekiʻe a me nā waena, nā ululāʻau a me nā lāʻau ʻoka a me nā savannas, ʻoiai ke aʻo ʻia ʻana o ka holoholona i hoʻoholo i ka noho ʻana ma mua o 600 mau ʻano vertebrates, i waena o ʻo ia kekahi mau felines, ʻoi aku ma mua o 300 mau ʻano manu, 65 mau iʻa a me 85 o nā mea kolo e noho ana i ka puʻuwai o kahi panalāʻau o ka nani lua ʻole.
Hiki i nā ala lepo i ka hema hikina o Palenque a i ʻole mokulele mai nā kūlanakauhale o Palenque, Ocosingo a me Tenosique.
Puna:Alakaʻi Mekiko ʻike ʻole No. 63 Chiapas / ʻOkakopa 2000
