Isimo seVeracruz sikhuphuka ngezindawo ezahlukahlukene, kusuka ekushiseni okushisayo kuya ezintabeni ezibandayo; kusukela emfuleni iPánuco kuya eTonalá; futhi kusukela eHuasteca kuya e-Isthmus.
Lesi siqeshana somhlaba esihlukanisiwe esingamakhilomitha angama-780 sigezwa yiGulf of Mexico futhi sihlukaniswe izifundazwe ezintathu ezinkulu zomzimba: iSierra Madre Oriental, iNtaba Yezintaba iNeovolcanic kanye neGulf Coastal Plain, emele cishe u-80% wobuso bayo, lapho izinhlelo zayo ze-eco zivela njengeziqhingi zamahlathi, amahlathi, amaxhaphozi nolwandle lwamadlelo.
Ukuqala ukuvakasha, kufanelekile ukuncoma ingxenye esenyakatho efaka iHuasteca, isifunda esihlala siluhlaza esikhiqizayo esinezindawo zokunotha okukhulu kwezemvelo njengeSierra de Chicontepec kanye nemicengezi yemifula iPánuco, Tempoal kanye neTuxpan. Ngasogwini, izihlahla zesundu kanye nemihlume eminyene ivelele echibini laseTamiahua naseziqhingini zalo i-El Ídolo, i-El Toro, iPájaros nezinye iziqhingi; ngeTecolutla naseCazones iziteshi ezizungezwe imihlume; eduze neCosta Smeralda, izindawo ezifudumele ezishisayo; nasezindaweni ezizungezile, izintaba namathafa aseTotonacapan, ahlala efakwe iphunga le-vanilla.
Isifunda esiphakathi nendawo simbozwe umdwebo wezitshalo ezishisayo, oyingxenye yomfula iMetlac oya eSierra de Zongolica, lapho uxubana khona nezimila zasentabeni zeCofre de Perote nePico de Orizaba. Imvelo iyashintsha igudle ulwandle futhi phambi kweTheku kugqame iSacrificios, iVerde kanye ne-En Medio Islands, ezihlangene zenza iNational Marine Park Arrecifes de Veracruz, enezinto eziningi eziphila olwandle kanye nezinhlaka zayo ezingaphezulu kwama-29 ezikhangayo.
Kancane eningizimu, indawo eyixhaphozi i-Alvarado lapho kunemihlume emikhulu, izindunduma, ama-tulares kanye nama-palm groves, avumela ukubonwa kwamakhulu ezinyoni zamakoloni, izimfudu nezilwane ezahlukahlukene ezinamanzi amancane.
Ngasenkabeni yezwe, eJalapa, Coatepec naseJalcomulco, imvelo ihlala inomswakama, izitshalo zekhofi, ama-orchid aluhlaza, amafern nama-liana kugcwele. Eduze nezimpophoma ezinhle zeTexolo ezinendawo enhle kakhulu yemvelo ezungeze idolobha laseXico. Imifula iLos Pescados, i-Actopan, i-Antigua neFilobobos, enamanzi amakristalu kanye nezindawo zemvelo, izungezwe ihlathi elihlala liluhlaza nangaphansi kwelanga elifudumele elishisayo. Amahlathi aminyene atholakala eningizimu nesigodi i-Uxpanapa nengxenye yesigodi saseZoque, lapho kugxilwe khona okubaluleke kakhulu esifundazweni, kuyilapho ingcebo eningi maqondana nezitshalo nezilwane itholakala echibini lomfula iCoatzacoalcos.
Ukuqedela isethi yokuphakama kwentaba-mlilo, izimpophoma, amachibi nemifula kwakha isifunda esibizwa ngeLos Tuxtlas, lapho kunikezwa khona nokuheha okukhulu.
ICatemaco iyisibonelo: ingcebo yayo enkulu yemvelo isuselwe eziqhingini ezimbili, iMonkey kanye neGarzas, iSalto de Eyipantla, iNanciyaga Ecological Reserve kanye nogu lwayo oluhlaza. Kukhona nezinhlobo zezinyoni ezizungeze ama-700 nezilwane ezahlukahlukene ezihlotshaniswa nezinhlobo ezahlukene zohlaza.
Ngalesi sizathu, kusukela emathafeni amakhulu asogwini, ukuphakama okukhulu kwentaba-mlilo kuya ekujuleni kolwandle, ungaqala i-adventure yakho ukwazi indawo ecebile yaseVeracruz.
Umthombo: Umhlahlandlela WaseMexico Ongaziwa No. 56 Veracruz / Februwari 2000
