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Reservas Naturales

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La franja costera fue formada por la erosión y sedimentación<br />

de los suelos transportados desde la cadena volcánica reciente<br />

por los milenarios ríos. La costa salvadoreña está conformada<br />

por manglares, extensas playas arenosas, playas pedregosas,<br />

acantilados y arrecifes rocosos con formaciones de coral.<br />

La conservación de las reservas en esta franja costera depende<br />

del buen manejo del suelo en las zonas altas. La contaminación<br />

y asolvamiento generado por los agro-químicos utilizados en<br />

las montañas y faldas de los volcanes afectan la salud de los<br />

bosques de manglar, las playas y aguas frescas del país.<br />

En esta zona se encuentran bosques caducifolios que pierden<br />

su follaje en verano; los sub-caducifolios, que pierden sus hojas<br />

parcialmente y los siempre verdes o perennifolios, localizados<br />

cerca de los cuerpos de agua.<br />

The coastal strip was formed by the erosion and sedimentation<br />

of the soils carried by the river´s actions through millennia. The<br />

Salvadoran coast is constituted by mangrove forests, extensive<br />

sandy beaches, rocky secluded beaches, cliffs and rocky reefs with<br />

coral formations.<br />

The conservation of the reserves on this coastal strip depends<br />

of the good management of the highlands. The pollution<br />

and sedimentation generated by agro-chemicals used in the<br />

mountains and volcanic slopes, affect the health of the mangrove<br />

forests and of the beaches and fresh waters from the country.<br />

In this zone, one can find forests which drop all their leaves during<br />

the dry season, others that partially lose them, and yet other,<br />

mainly located near bodies of water, that never lose their foliage.<br />

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