Malo a Veracruz amakwera m'malo osiyanasiyana, kuchokera kukutentha kotentha mpaka kumapiri ozizira; kuchokera ku mtsinje wa Pánuco mpaka ku Tonalá; komanso kuchokera ku Huasteca kupita ku Isthmus.
Dera lalitali la 780 km limasambitsidwa ndi Gulf of Mexico ndipo limagawika zigawo zitatu zazikulu: Sierra Madre Oriental, Neovolcanic Cordillera ndi Gulf Coastal Plain, yomwe imayimira pafupifupi 80% ya malo ake, pomwe machitidwe ake a eco amatuluka ngati zilumba zamnkhalango, nkhalango, madambo komanso nyanja yazombezi.
Kuti muyambe ulendo, ndi bwino kusirira gawo lakumpoto lomwe limaphatikizaponso Huasteca, dera lobiriwira nthawi zonse lokhala ndi malo olemera kwambiri monga Sierra de Chicontepec ndi mabeseni a mitsinje ya Pánuco, Tempoal ndi Tuxpan. M'mphepete mwa gombe muli mitengo ya kanjedza ndi mitengo yayitali m'nyanja ya Tamiahua ndi zilumba zake El Ídolo, El Toro, Pájaros ndi zilumba zina; kudzera mu Tecolutla ndi Cazones njira zomwe zazingidwa ndi mangroves; m'mphepete mwa Costa Smeralda, malo otentha otentha; komanso m'malo ozungulira, mapiri ndi zigwa za Totonacapan, nthawi zonse zimapakidwa ndi kununkhira kwa vanila.
Dera lapakati limakutidwa ndi malo otentha otentha, gawo lina la mtsinje wa Metlac kupita ku Sierra de Zongolica, komwe limasakanikirana ndi masamba am'mapiri a Cofre de Perote ndi Pico de Orizaba. Chilengedwe chimasinthira kugombe komanso kutsogolo kwa Port ndi Sacrificios, Verde ndi En Medio Islands, zomwe zonse zimapanga National Marine Park Arrecifes de Veracruz, yokhala ndi zamoyo zambiri zam'madzi komanso mitundu yoposa 29 yokongola yamiyala.
Pang'ono pang'ono kumwera, madambo a Alvarado pomwe pali mangrove, milu, ma tulares ndi mitengo ya kanjedza, yomwe imalola kuyang'anira mbalame mazana ambiri, akamba komanso nyama zosiyanasiyana zam'madzi.
Kulowera mkati, ku Jalapa, Coatepec ndi Jalcomulco, chilengedwe nthawi zonse chimakhala chinyezi, mbewu za khofi, ma orchids osangalala, fern ndi liana ndizochuluka. M'mbali mwake muli mathithi okongola a Texolo okhala ndi malo okongola achilengedwe ozungulira tawuni ya Xico. Mitsinje ya Los Pescados, Actopan, Antigua ndi Filobobos, yokhala ndi madzi amchere komanso mkati mwachilengedwe, yazunguliridwa ndi nkhalango yobiriwira nthawi zonse komanso padzuwa lotentha. Nkhalango zowirira kwambiri zili kumwera kwa chigwa cha Uxpanapa ndi gawo la chigwa cha Zoque, pomwe nkhalango zofunikira kwambiri mchigawochi zimakhazikika, pomwe chuma chambiri chokhudzana ndi zomera ndi nyama chimapezeka mumtsinje wa Coatzacoalcos.
Kuti amalize kukweza mapiri, mathithi amadzi, mathithi ndi mitsinje amapanga dera lotchedwa Los Tuxtlas dera, komwe kumakopedwanso kwambiri.
Catemaco ndi chitsanzo: chuma chake chambiri chimakhala pazilumba ziwiri, Monos ndi Las Garzas, Salto de Eyipantla, Nanciyaga Ecological Reserve ndi magombe ake obiriwira. Palinso mitundu pafupifupi 700 ya mbalame ndi nyama zosiyanasiyana zomwe zimakhudzana ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya zomera.
Pachifukwa ichi, kuyambira zigwa zazikulu za m'mphepete mwa nyanja, mapiri ataliatali ophulika mpaka pansi pa nyanja, mutha kuyambitsa ulendo wanu wodziwa malo achuma a Veracruz.
Gwero: Buku Losadziwika la Mexico No. 56 Veracruz / February 2000
