Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve

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UNESCO World Heritage Site component biosphere reserve protected area

The Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve is a vast protected natural area in Baja California Sur, Mexico, renowned for its desert landscapes, coastal lagoons, and importance as a winter breeding ground for gray whales.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 7
Marismas Nacionales 1
UNESCO World Heritage Site component (El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
biosphere reserve ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
contains Guerrero Negro ⓘ
Gulf of California coast ⓘ
surface form: Gulf of California coastline

Ojo de Liebre Lagoon ⓘ
Pacific Ocean coastline ⓘ
San Ignacio Lagoon ⓘ
port of Guerrero Negro ⓘ
saltworks of Guerrero Negro ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
designation Ramsar Wetland of International Importance ⓘ
surface form: Ramsar site

Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

World Heritage Site component ⓘ
governingBody CONANP ⓘ
National Commission of Natural Protected Areas of Mexico ⓘ
hasActivity ecotourism ⓘ
salt production ⓘ
whale watching ⓘ
hasClimate arid ⓘ
desert climate ⓘ
hasEcosystemType coastal dune ⓘ
coastal lagoon ⓘ
desert ⓘ
mangrove ⓘ
wetland ⓘ
importantForSpecies California sea lion ⓘ
gray whale ⓘ
migratory birds ⓘ
northern elephant seal ⓘ
IUCNCategory VI ⓘ
knownFor coastal lagoons ⓘ
desert landscapes ⓘ
gray whale winter breeding grounds ⓘ
locatedIn Baja California ⓘ
surface form: Baja California Peninsula

Baja California Sur ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeRegion Comondú Municipality ⓘ
surface form: Municipality of Comondú

Municipality of Mulegé ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOn Gulf of California coast ⓘ
surface form: Gulf of California coast of Mexico

Pacific coast of Mexico ⓘ
partOf Vizcaíno Desert ⓘ
surface form: El Vizcaíno Desert

Laguna Ojo de Liebre gray whale sanctuary ⓘ
surface form: Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaíno
protects endangered species ⓘ
marine ecosystems ⓘ
terrestrial ecosystems ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory natural site ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mexican Federal Highway 1 → passesNear → Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
Baja California Sur → containsProtectedArea → Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
this entity surface form: El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve
Sierra de San Francisco → locatedIn → Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
this entity surface form: El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve
Sierra de San Francisco → partOf → Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
this entity surface form: El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve
Santiago Ixcuintla → locatedNear → Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marismas Nacionales
Guerrero Negro → partOf → Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
this entity surface form: El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve
Guerrero Negro → hasProtectedAreaStatusNearby → Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component (El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve)
Mulegé → contains → Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
this entity surface form: El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve
Mulegé → hasProtectedArea → Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
this entity surface form: El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve
Vizcaíno Desert → partOf → Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
this entity surface form: El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve