Huerquehue National Park
Huerquehue National Park | |
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Corporación Nacional Forestal |
Huerquehue National Park (Spanish pronunciation:
The national park was created on June 9, 1967 in order to protect the area. However, its origins date back to 1912 and the creation of "Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna Park", also known as "Colico", which encompassed 265,000 Ha. Today, that land is divided into various different parks and reserves.
Huerquehue is a
Access
The park main entrance lies 2 kilometres from Tinquilco Lake on Kilometre 20 of the road to Caburga Lake. The park ranger’s cabin is located at this main entrance. The park is open all year round.
Climate
The park experiences two main seasonal climates throughout the year: a warm summer with less than four dry months, and a cold, icy winter caused by the high altitude. The wettest months are from May to September, with an annual rainfall index of 2,045 mm (80 in).
Hydrography
Most basins in this area are
Flora
Located in the region known as
Fauna
Some of the protected species that can be found in the park are:[4]
- Mammals
- Kodkod or Güiña (Leopardus guigna; endangered)
- (Vulnerable)
- Geoxus or Long-clawed mole mouse (Geoxus valdivianus; rare)
- canidof the continent (Least concern)
- Birds
- Endangered)
- Chilean pigeon (Vulnerable)
- Magellanic woodpecker (Vulnerable)
- Condor (Rare)
- Least Concern)
- Least Concern)
- Amphibians
- Darwin's frog or southern Darwin’s frog (Vulnerable)
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Darwin's frog (Rhinoderma darwinii)
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Kodkod - Leopardus guigna, or Güiña
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Black necked swan
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Andean condor
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Pudú
References
- ^ Huerquehue National Park 2002-2012, VisitChile Reps. retrieved on December 21, 2014
- ^ Gajardo, R. 1994. La vegetación Natural de Chile. Proposición de un sistema de clasificación y representación de la representación de la distribución geográfica. Departamento de Silvicultura, Universidad de Chile.
- ^ TEMPERATE BROADLEAF AND MIXED FORESTS © 2014 World Wildlife Fund 1250 24th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20037, retrieved on December 15, 2014
- ^ CONAF - Park Information CONAF. Corporación Nacional Forestal 2014, retrieved on December 15, 2014
- ^ "Southern Pudu". Animal Planet. 2009. Retrieved 19 September 2009.