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LAGUNA
MEDIALUNA |
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Location: |
Neotropics | ||
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Biome: |
Small lakes | ||
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Size: |
nearly 380,000 Km2 | ||
| Status: | Critical/ Endangered | ||
| General: | Numerous freshwater lakes, often thermal, hot springs, scattered on the Sierra Madre mountain range. Habitat to large variety of aquatic species (fish, amphibians, invertebrates), many of which are endemic. | ||
| Special: | Many lakes are called endorheic, meaning they have no connection to the sea. | ||
| Fauna: | Amongst
many other endemic species: |
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| Flora: | Many invasive species threaten this ecosystem. | ||
| Dangers: | Exhausting underground water reserves, polution fron industrial waste, invasive aquatic plants (water hyacinth). | ||
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