Yucatán dry forests

Yucatán dry forests
Mayan ruins at Uxmal, Yucatan
Location of the Yucatán dry forests ecoregion
Ecology
RealmNeotropical
Biometropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
Borders
Geography
Area49,583 km2 (19,144 sq mi)
CountryMexico
States
Conservation
Conservation statusRelatively stable/intact
Protected1,723 km2 (3%)

The Yucatán dry forests is a tropical dry broadleaf forest ecoregion in southern Mexico. It includes the dry forests of the northwestern Yucatán Peninsula.

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