El Palmar National Park

El Palmar National Park
Emblem of the El Palmar National Park
Map showing the location of El Palmar National Park
Map showing the location of El Palmar National Park
LocationEntre Ríos Province, Argentina
Nearest cityColón
Coordinates31°51′11″S 58°19′21″W / 31.85306°S 58.32250°W / -31.85306; -58.32250
Area85 km2 (33 sq mi)
Established1966
Governing bodyAdministración de Parques Nacionales
Official namePalmar Yatay
Designated6 May 2011
Reference no.1969[1]

El Palmar National Park (in Spanish, Parque Nacional El Palmar) is one of Argentina's national parks. It is located on the center-east of the province of Entre Ríos, midway between the cities of Colón (54 km) and Concordia (60 km). It has an area of about 85 km2 and was created in 1966 for the preservation of its characteristic yatay palm trees (Butia yatay, formerly Syagrus yatay).

The park has a temperate-humid savanna ecosystem, typical of the Argentine Mesopotamia. The terrain features patches of palm trees of several species, grassland, small woods and forest. All gets interrupted by streams flowing east into the Uruguay River. The local fauna includes woodpeckers, ñandús, foxes, viscachas and capybaras.

References

  1. ^ "Palmar Yatay". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

Sources

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