El Tuparro National Natural Park

Coordinates: 5°17′N 68°4′W / 5.283°N 68.067°W

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Parque Nacional Natural El Tuparro
El Tuparro National Natural Park
IUCN category II (national park)

Nearest city	Puerto Carreño, Colombia
Coordinates	5°17′N 68°4′W / 5.283°N 68.067°W / 5.283; -68.067
Area	5,480 km² (2,120 sq mi)^[1]
Established	1970
Governing body	SINAP

El Tuparro National Natural Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Natural El Tuparro) is a national park located in the Vichada Department in the Orinoquía Region of Colombia. It is the only protected area in the Eastern Plains (Llanos Orientales) under Colombia's Natural Parks System.

One of its main attractions is the mighty stream Raudal de Maypures (Maipures Rapids), called the "Eighth Wonder of the World" by German explorer Alexander von Humboldt in the 19th century.^[2]

Geography

The flat area is bounded by the Orinoco River to the east, the Tomo River to the north and the Tuparro River to the south.^[1] It was created in 1970 and covers an area of 548,000 hectares. In addition to the park's two broad types of natural ecosystems, flooded and non-flooded savannas, it also has five types of riparian forests.^[3]

Average yearly rainfall is 2477 mm in the western region and 2939 mm in the eastern. Average temperature is 27 °C.^[4] Savannas cover 75% of the area, and gallery forests covering the rest.^[4] Predominating plants include the Moriche Palm and the tree Caraipa llanorum.^[3] The dominant vegetation on the non-flooded savannas is grass.^[4]

The park is home to 74 species of mammals, 320 birds (many of them marine),^[2] 17 reptiles, 26 fish and five primate species.^[5] Amphibians are significantly diverse due to the variety of ecosystems in the area.^[3] Notable birds include guans, curassows, screamers, eagles and ducks. Mammals found on the savanna include white-tailed deer, giant armadillo, small savanna armadillo, and tapir. Peccaries, pumas, jaguars inhabit the woodlands.^[1]

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c "Biosphere Reserve Information, El Tuparro". UNESCO. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Parque Nacional Natural El Tuparro" (in Spanish). Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Naturaleza y Ciencia del Parque Nacional Natural El Tuparro" (in Spanish). Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c Villegas & Sesana 2007, p. 368
^ Villegas & Sesana 2007, p. 371

Works cited

Villegas, Benjamin; Sesana, Laura (2007), Colombia Natural Parks, Villegas Asociados, ISBN 978-958-8156-87-3.

External links

(in Spanish) The park's page at Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia

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Antioquia	Puente de Occidente
Atlántico	Complejo Cultural de la Antigua Aduana
Boyacá	Estación de Chiquinquirá Tunja Vargas Swamp Lancers Villa de Leyva
Caldas	Palacio de la Gobernación de Caldas Salamina
Cauca	Popayán Tierradentro
Cundinamarca	Plaza Bolívar Casa de Moneda de Colombia Estación de la Sabana Museo del Oro Museo Nacional San Francisco Church San Francisco Palace Santa Clara Church and Museum Santamaría Bullring Teatro Colón
Huila	San Agustín
Quindío	Parque del Café
Santander	San Juan de Girón
Valle del Cauca	San Francisco Church

Architectural, artistic and archaeological treasures

Antioquia	Botero Collection Haciendas cafeteras
Boyacá	Ráquira
Caldas	Haciendas cafeteras Manizales Cathedral
Cundinamarca	Haciendas cafeteras Monserrate Sanctuary Quinta de Bolívar Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá
Magdalena	Ciudad Perdida Haciendas cafeteras Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino
Nariño	Las Lajas Shrine
Norte de Santander	Haciendas cafeteras
Quindío	Haciendas cafeteras
Risaralda	Haciendas cafeteras
Santander	Barichara Haciendas cafeteras
Tolima	Haciendas cafeteras
Valle del Cauca	La Ermita Church Hacienda El Paraíso Haciendas cafeteras

National natural parks and treasures

Amazonas	Amacayacu Amazon River Angostura del Caquetá Araracuara Canyon La Chorrera Putumayo River Raudal de Jirijirimo
Antioquia	Los Katíos Piedra del Peñol
Arauca	Sierra Nevada del Cocuy
Bolívar	Rosario Islands
Boyacá	Lake Iguaque Páramo de Ocetá Sierra Nevada del Cocuy Siscuinsí Lake Lake Tota
Caldas	Los Nevados
Caquetá	Angostura del Caquetá Araracuara Canyon Caño Paujil Chiribiquete Claro River Mirití River
Casanare	Sierra Nevada del Cocuy
Cauca	Gorgona Island Lagunas de la Magdalena y de Santiago Nevado del Huila Puracé Volcano
Cesar	Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Chocó	Cabo Marzo Ensenada de Utría Los Katíos
Cundinamarca	Chingaza Lake Guatavita Rocas de Suesca
Guainía	Atabapo River Cerros de Mavecure
La Guajira	Alta Guajira Cabo de la Vela Los Flamencos Sanctuary Salinas de Manaure Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Guaviare	Cerro Pintado Chiribiquete Ciudades de Piedra Inírida River Raudales
Huila	Claro River Estrecho del Magdalena Lagunas de la Magdalena y de Santiago Nevado del Huila Tatacoa Desert
Magdalena	Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Meta	Caño Cristales Chingaza
Nariño	Cumbal Volcano Galeras Volcano Laguna de la Cocha Laguna Verde del Azufral Putumayo River Sanquianga
Norte de Santander	Los Estoraques
Putumayo	Cascada del Indio La Paya Putumayo River
Quindío	Cocora Valley Los Nevados
Risaralda	Los Nevados
San Andrés y Providencia	Providencia Island
Santander	Chicamocha Canyon El Gallineral
Tolima	Cerro Bravo Nevado del Huila Los Nevados
Valle del Cauca	Farallones de Cali Malpelo Island
Vaupés	Apaporis River Tunnel Raudal de Jirijirimo Raudal de Yuruparí
Vichada	El Tuparro

Source: Wills, Fernando; et al. (2001). Nuestro patrimonio – 100 tesoros de Colombia [Our heritage – 100 treasures of Colombia] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. pp. 1–311. ISBN 958-8089-16-6.

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