Predelta National Park

Predelta National Park
IUCN category II (national park)

Map of the National Park Predelta
Location Entre Ríos Province, Argentina
Nearest city Diamante
Coordinates 32°9′S 60°38′W / 32.150°S 60.633°W / -32.150; -60.633Coordinates: 32°9′S 60°38′W / 32.150°S 60.633°W / -32.150; -60.633
Area 24.58 km²
Established 1992
Governing body Administración de Parques Nacionales

The Predelta National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Predelta) is a national park of Argentina, located in south-west of the province of Entre Ríos, 6 km south from Diamante, in the Argentine Mesopotamia, at the beginning of the Paraná River Delta. The park was created on 13 January 1992 under the Law Nº 24.063, with an area 24.58 square kilometres to protect a sample of the Upper Delta of the Paraná, which belongs to the Paraná Delta and Islands Ecoregion.[1][2][3][4] The Predelta is the area where the sediments of the Paraná start forming islands, while the river itself splits into several major arms and many smaller watercourses.

References

  1. Argentina Xplora.com. "Parque Nacional Pre-Delta" (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2009.
  2. Administración de Parques Nacionales. "PN Predelta" (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2009.
  3. Patrimonio Natural.com. "Pre-Delta" (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 September 2009.
  4. Visiting Argentina.com. "Información sobre el Parque Nacional Predelta" (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 September 2009.

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