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Tehuacán Valley matorral
Xeric shrubland ecoregion in Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Tehuacán Valley matorral is a xeric shrubland ecoregion, of the deserts and xeric shrublands biome, located in eastern Central Mexico.
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Tehuacán Valley matorral | |
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Landscape near San Antonio Texcala, Puebla, Mexico | |
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Ecology | |
Realm | Neotropical |
Biome | deserts and xeric shrublands |
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Geography | |
Area | 9,842 km2 (3,800 sq mi) |
Country | Mexico |
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Conservation | |
Conservation status | Critical/endangered |
Protected | 1,594 km² (16%)[1] |
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Matorral is a Spanish word, along with tomillares, for shrubland, thicket or bushes.[2] The term is used alone for a Mediterranean climate ecosystem in Southern Europe.