Reserva de la Biosfera El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar, en Sonora, México
En 2013, la Reserva de la Biosfera El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar, en Sonora, fue nombrada Patrimonio Mundial.
El escudo del volcán inactivo, formado por pavimentos desérticos y corrientes de lavas negras y rojas, al este y al oeste, el Gran Desierto de Altar con sus dunas vivas de formas variadas que llegan a alcanzar una altura 200 metros, conforman las 714.566 hectáreas de la Reserva de la Biosfera El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar.
El paisaje es un espectacular contraste entre las formaciones de dunas lineales, parabólicas y estrelladas, y una serie de macizos graníticos de hasta 650 metros de altura que emergen como islas del mar de arena circundante.
Presenta diez cráteres profundos de dimensiones gigantescas y de forma circular casi perfecta, formados al parecer por una sucesión de erupciones y derrumbamientos, realza la espectacular belleza de este sitio, que ofrece un enorme interés científico debido a la combinación de todas esas características excepcionales.
El desierto de Altar alberga además una gran diversidad de vegetación que comprende principalmente matorrales xerófilos, aunque en algunas áreas bien restringidas se puede encontrar vegetación parecida al chaparral, mezquitales asociados a playas y matorrales arborescentes, además de pequeñas extensiones de matorrales halófilos costeros y especies animales silvestres como el berrendo mexicano, una especie endémica de antílope que se cría solamente en el noroeste de Sonora y el sudoeste de Arizona (Estados Unidos).
La población de peces está conformada por dos especies endémicas: el Pupo del desierto (Cyprinodon macularis), en peligro de extinción, y el Charal de aleta larga (Agosia chrysogaster), especie amenazada. Así mismo alberga más de mil especies de flora y fauna, por lo que es considerado el desierto más biodiverso del mundo.
Estas son las seis Áreas Naturales Protegidas de nuestro país, catalogadas como Bien natural de Patrimonio Mundial, nombradas por la UNESCO:
El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar
The 714,566 hectare site comprises two distinct parts: the dormant volcanic Pinacate Shield of black and red lava flows and desert pavements to the east, and, in the west, the Gran Altar Desert with its ever changing and varied sand dunes that can reach a height of 200 metres. This landscape of dramatic contrast notably features linear, star and dome dunes as well as several arid granite massifs, some as high as 650 metres. The dunes emerge like islands from the sea of sand and harbour distinct and highly diverse plant and wildlife communities, including endemic freshwater fish species and the endemic Sonoran Pronghorn, which is only to be found in northwestern Sonora and in southwestern Arizona (USA). Ten enormous, deep and almost perfectly circular craters, believed to have been formed by a combination of eruptions and collapses, also contribute to the dramatic beauty of the site whose exceptional combination of features are of great scientific interest. The site is also a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
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El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve (Spanish: Reserva de la Biosfera El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar), is a biosphere reserve and UNESCO World Heritage Site managed by the Federal government of Mexico, specifically by Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources, in collaboration with state government of Sonora and the Tohono O'odham.
It is in the Sonoran Desert in northwest Mexico, east of Gulf of California, in the eastern part Gran Desierto de Altar, just below the border of Arizona, United States and north of the city of Puerto Peñasco. It is one of the most significant visible landforms in North America seen from space. A volcanic system, known as Santa Clara is the main part of the landscape, including three peaks; Pinacate, Carnegie and Medio.
In the area there are over 540 species of plants, 40 species of mammals, 200 of birds, 40 of reptiles, also amphibians and freshwater fishes. There are threatened endemic species as sonoran pronghorn, bighorn sheep, gila monster and desert tortoise.The biosphere reserve covers an area of 2,695.05 square kilometres (1,040.56 sq mi) making up about half of the World Heritage site. The extent of the World Heritage site is 7,146 km², greater than that of the states of Aguascalientes, Colima, Morelos and Tlaxcala separated.
El Pinacate Preserve Schuk Toak Visitors Center - Rocky Point, MEXICO and drive toward Phoenix
includes drive toward Phx
2. Reserva de la biósfera El Pinacate y el Gran Desierto de Altar
Conoce estas maravillas geológicas de México a través de un recorrido virtual. Proyecto apoyado por la Convocatoria de Apoyo a Proyectos de Comunicación Pública de la Ciencia, la Tecnología y la Innovación 2018.
Biosfera El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar
El Centro de Visitantes “Schuk Toak”, Montaña Sagrada en dialecto Pápago (Tohono O’odham), se localiza sobre el más extenso y reciente flujo de lava del Pinacate, además es el único sitio desde donde se aprecia la majestuosidad de las dunas, la elevada cima del Volcán de Santa Clara y las escarpadas laderas de roca granítica de la Sierra Blanca, adicionalmente es un sitio localizado a solo 25 minutos al norte de la ciudad de Puerto Peñasco. Se toma la carretera federal 8 rumbo a Sonoyta durante 20 kilómetros, de éste punto se toma una carretera de la Reserva, 7 kilómetros a la izquierda , es decir hacia el oeste.
Sinfonia india
Compuesta por Carlos Chávez
Derechos de autor reservados
Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar, Puerto Peñasco
La Tecnología Informática Aplicada a los Centros Escolares.
PROFRA. JUANA ELIZABETH ANGULO
UNIDAD DE APRENDIZAJE II
ACTIVIDAD
Integrantes:
Domínguez Ramíro Alma Delia
Domínguez Rodríguez Melissa Michelle
Hernández Gutiérrez Natali
Juárez Flores Iraxema Claudet
López López Lourdes
Pompa Carrillo Sandra Itzel
Valenzuela Jiménez Angélica Yesenia
MEXICALI BAJA CALIFORNIA A 10 DE MAYO DE 2016
Crater El Elegante in Sonora Desert ( Gran Desierto de Altar Pinacate Reserve )
In this video @offroadscapes takes you to El Elegante, one of the craters that you can visit at the Pinacate National Reserve, a huge protected desert ecosystem full of life and endless sandy dunes at the Gran Desierto De Altar.
There are two craters, which can be entered by a dirt road, the route is 80km and is done in a maximum of 3 hours, it's worth it! If you like to camp there's a campsite in this area, but for this you will need a 4x4 vehicle and it's possible to hike the Pinacate with the sunrise.
The pictures of the craters are amazing!! You can see our pictures, videos and read more about this place and our trip to Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, here:
Biosphere Reserve El Pinacate and the Great Desert of Altar
Biosphere Reserve El Pinacate and the Great Desert of Altar.
Sonora, Mexico
A week in El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar
Reserva de la Biosfera El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar
Cápsula Reserva de la Biosfera El Pinacate
y Gran Desierto de Altar, Patrimonio Natural de la Humanidad.
CONANP.
El Pinacate Visitors Center
This is a short introduction to the special place known by the Tohono oodham Indians as Shuck Toak (sacred mountain). It is only 25 minutes north of Puerto Penasco Sonora Mexico and is worth a visit for any nature lovers. Come and visit us at Shuck Toak El Pinacate in the Grand Altar Desert Northern Mexico
Patrimonio Mundial Reserva Biosfera El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar
Certificado de Patrimonio Mundial Reserva de la Biosfera El Pinacate y Gran desierto de Altar.
Puerto Peñasco, Mexico - Rocky Point - Summer Trip (4K)
Annual summer trip to Puerto Penasco (Rocky Point), Mexico - All shots were recorded with a Mavic Air.
Puerto Peñasco, also known as Rocky Point, is a Mexican fishing city on the Gulf of California. It’s known for dune-backed Sandy Beach and Bahía la Choya’s tidal pools. The Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans has gardens and a fin-whale skeleton. Northwest, El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve features volcanic and desert terrain.
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Penasco Recreation Company-Pinacate Tour, Rocky Point, Mexico
Video 1105 (4th journey) of a reality travel show with your host David Rush. Go to
Puerto Penasco El Pinacate sand dunes!
The Geology of El Pinacate by Dan Lynch
The Pinacate Volcanic Field comprises nearly five hundred cinder cone volcanoes scattered across a distinctive gray landscape of their own creation. Eruptive activity ceased just over 10,000 years ago and Pinacate Peak is an oceanic-island volcano on continental crust with a unique cinder cone that melted inside. The field is most famous for its giant steam explosion craters. Learn about the inner secrets of the desert’s volcano.
Presented on September 5th, 2018, as part of the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill Lecture Series,
La Ricerva el Pinacate in English
A travelog about the El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere reserve in Northeastern Sonora Mexico. One of the driest areas in North America this vast volcanic region is hauntingly beautiful and unique.
22º Aniversario de El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar