Editing Oaxaca (section)

====Lagunas de Chacahua National Park====
[[File:Instituto Nacional de Ecologia Chacahua.jpg|thumb|right|Entrance to the crocodile nursery located inside the Lagunas de Chacahua National Park]]
[[Lagunas de Chacahua National Park]], created in 1937,<ref name="vivanatura"/> lies about {{convert|54|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of [[Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca|Puerto Escondido]], near a village called [[Zapotalito]]. It can be reached via Federal Highway 200 or by boat from Puerto Escondido. The park encompasses {{convert|132.73|km2|sqmi|abbr=off}}, about {{convert|30|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} of which is taken by various lagoons such as the ''Laguna de Chacahua,'' ''Laguna de La Pastoria,'' and ''Laguna Las Salinas''.<ref name="MexDesOax">{{cite journal |last=Quintanar Hinojosa |first=Beatriz |date=August 2007 |title=Laguna de Chacahua |journal=Guía México Desconocido: Oaxaca |volume=137 |page=68 |url=http://www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx}}</ref> There are various smaller lagoons that are connected by narrow channels.<ref name="vivanatura">{{cite web |url=http://www.vivanatura.org/Chacahua.html |title=Lagunas de Chacahua |website=Vivanatura.org |access-date=February 21, 2008}}</ref> The rest of the park consists of dry land.<ref name="MexDesOax"/>

The park has 10 different types of vegetation: "selva espinosa", swampland, [[deciduous]], sub-tropical broadleaf, [[mangrove]], [[savannah]], "bosque de galleria", "tular", palm trees, and coastal dunes. 246 species of flowers and 189 species of animals have been documented so far in the park. Birds such as [[storks]], [[herons]], wild ducks, [[blue-winged teal]]s, [[pelican]]s, and [[spoonbill]]s can be found here. Three species of turtles also visit the park to lay their eggs.<ref name="MexDesOax"/>