El Palmar National Park
31°51′11″S 58°19′21″W / 31.85306°S 58.32250°W / -31.85306; -58.32250Area 85 km2 (33 sq mi) Established 1966 Governing body Administración de Parques Nacionales Official name Palmar Yatay Designated 6 May 2011 Reference no. 1969[1] 
Ramsar Wetland
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
Sources
- El Palmar National Park (in Spanish)
- Site about El Palmar National Park (in Spanish)
- Park description (in Spanish)
- El Palmar Photographic Tour
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to El Palmar National Park.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for El Palmar National Park.
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