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Petén Department
Petén is a department of the nation of Guatemala. It is geographically the northernmost department of Guatemala, as well as the largest in size — at it accounts for about one third of Guatemala's area. The capital is Flores. The population in 2005 was estimated at 450,000.
==Geography==
The Petén department is bordered on the east by Belize and by Mexico on the north and west, with the Mexican state of Chiapas to the west, Tabasco to the northwest and Campeche to the north.〔GeoCenter〕 To the south it borders the Guatemalan departments of Alta Verapaz and Izabal.〔ITMB Publishing Ltd. 2005.〕 Much of the western border with Mexico is formed by the Usumacinta River and its tributary the Salinas River.〔 Portions of the southern border of the department are formed by the rivers Gracias a Dios and Santa Isabel.〔
The Petén lowlands are formed by a densely forested low-lying limestone plain featuring karstic topography.〔Lovell 2005, p. 17.〕 The area is crossed by low east-west oriented ridges of Cenozoic limestone and is characterised by a variety of forest and soil types; water sources include generally small rivers and low-lying seasonal swamps known as ''bajos''.〔Sharer and Traxler 2006, p. 46.〕 A chain of fourteen lakes runs across the central drainage basin of the Petén; during the rainy season some of these lakes become interconnected. This drainage area measures approximately east-west by north-south.〔Sharer and Traxler 2006, pp. 46–47.〕 The largest lake is Lake Petén Itza, near the centre of the drainage basin; it measures . A broad savannah extends south of the central lakes; it features a compact red clay soil that is too poor to support heavy cultivation. This resulted in a relatively low level of pre-Columbian occupation. The savannah has an average altitude of above mean sea level with karstic ridges reaching an average altitude of . The savannah is surrounded by hills with unusually steep southern slopes and gentler northern approaches; the hills are covered with dense tropical forest. To the north of the lakes region ''bajos'' become more frequent, interspersed with forest. In the far north of the Petén the Mirador Basin forms another interior drainage region.〔Sharer and Traxler 2006, p. 47.〕 To the south Petén reaches an altitude of approximately as it rises towards the Guatemalan Highlands and meets Paleozoic metamorphic rocks.〔Rice and Rice 2009, p. 5.〕
The main bodies of standing water in the department are the lakes Petén Itzá, Peténchel, Quexil, Salpetén and Macanche in the centre of the department; Yaxhá and Sacnab in the east, Petexbatún in the southwest, and Perdida, Larga, La Gloria, San Diego, Mendoza, El Repasto and Lacandón in the west.〔
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