Esteros del Iberá
The Esteros del Iberá are a 13,000 km² marshland in Argentina . It is located in the province of Corrientes in the northeast of the country, on the border with Brazil and Paraguay .
The name Iberá comes from the Guaraní , where y vera means "clear water". The area is a mixture of swamp , bog , lakes and lagoons. The Esteros del Iberá are the largest wetland on earth after the Pantanal in Brazil .
Since 1982 the Esteros del Iberá have been part of a protection zone that makes up 14% of the Corrientes province, making it the largest protected area in Argentina. The area is also one of the continent's most important freshwater reservoirs. As a wetland of international importance, 245 km² have been covered by the Ramsar Agreement since 2002 . The Unesco is currently examining the inclusion in the world heritage .
The Esteros del Iberá are known for their biodiversity, including the neotropical otter (Lontra longicaudis), the maned wolf , the pampa deer and the marsh deer . Alligators, caimans, the capybara (water hog) and around 350 species of birds also live there . Hunting is prohibited in much of the area.
Web links
- Marshlands of Ibera (English)
- General information about the Esteros del Iberá (multilingual)
- "Rincón del Socorro" nature reserve
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lagunas y Esteros del Iberá in the Ramsar Database , accessed April 4, 2018.
Coordinates: 29 ° S , 58 ° W