Iguazú National Park

Coordinates: 25°37′S 54°20′W / 25.617°S 54.333°W / -25.617; -54.333
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This article is about the Argentine National Park. For the Brazilian National Park, see Iguaçu National Park.
Iguazú National Park
View of a section of the waterfall
Map showing the location of Iguazú National Park
Map showing the location of Iguazú National Park
Location within Argentina
LocationMisiones Province, Argentina
Coordinates25°37′S 54°20′W / 25.617°S 54.333°W / -25.617; -54.333
Area677 km2 (261 sq mi)
Established1934
Governing bodyAdministración de Parques Nacionales
Latin America and the Caribbean

The Iguazú National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Iguazú) is a national park of Argentina, located in the Iguazú Department, in the north of the province of Misiones, Argentine Mesopotamia. It has an area of 677 km2 (261 sq mi).

History

The area of the park was inhabited 10,000 years ago by the hunter-gatherers of the Eldoradense culture. They were displaced around 1,000

missions
followed in 1609.

The park was created in 1934 to protect one of the greatest natural beauties of Argentina, the Iguazu Falls, surrounded by the subtropical jungle.

The Iguazú National Reserve was defined by law 18.801 of 7 October 1970 as constituting the western part of the Iguazú National Park.[1] While the national park preserves nature with the least possible alteration, the reserve admits human activities and infrastructure.[2] Creation of the reserve allowed construction of an international airport and alienation of land for three tourist hotels.[3] Across the Iguazu River lies its Brazilian counterpart (Iguaçu National Park). Both sites were declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO, in 1984.[4]

The park would be part of the proposed Trinational Biodiversity Corridor, which aims to provide forest connections between conservation units in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina in the Upper Paraná ecoregion.[5] The southeast of the park adjoins the 84,000 hectares (210,000 acres) Urugua-í Provincial Park, created in 1990.[6]

Flora and fauna

The park lies within the Alto Paraná Atlantic forests ecoregion.[7] The

vinaceous amazon, named for its wine-colored plumage
, is occasionally found in this park.

The Iguazú River ends in the

lapacho negro and lapacho amarillo (family Bignoniaceae), as well as palmito trees and the 40-metre-high palo rosa (family Apocynaceae
).

Gallery

  • Plush-crested jay (Cyanocorax chrysops)
    Plush-crested jay (Cyanocorax chrysops)
  • View of waterfall
    View of waterfall
  • View of waterfall
    View of waterfall
  • View of waterfall
    View of waterfall
  • Distant view of waterfall
    Distant view of waterfall
  • Ecological Train
    Ecological Train

See also

References

  1. ^ Levingston 1970.
  2. ^ Cataratas del Iguazú y el Río Iguazú – ArgentinaXplora.
  3. ^ Iguazú: Antecedentes Normativos - Límites.
  4. ^ "Iguazu National Park". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  5. ^ Araújo Corte & Valladares-Pádua 2007, p. 23.
  6. ^ Parque Provincial "Urugua-í" – Ministerio de Ecología.
  7. ^ Dinerstein 2001, pp. 933–938.

Sources

External links

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