Médanos National Park
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| Location: | Falcon , Venezuela | ||
| Surface: | 912.8 km² | ||
| Founding: | February 6, 1974 | ||
The Médanos National Park or Médanos de Coro National Park ( Spanish Parque Nacional Los Médanos de Coro ) is a national park in Venezuela . It is located in the state of Falcón on the isthmus of Médanos , which leads to the Paraguaná peninsula . The park was established in 1974.
The national park covers 91,280 hectares of desert , coast and salt marsh . The large dunes ("Médanos") extend over a length of five to 30 kilometers and can be up to 40 meters high. They constantly change their shape due to strong winds. Because of the very rare rainfall , the flora consists of prickly shrubs . The fauna is just as sparse and consists mainly of lizards , hares , anteaters , foxes , pigeons and falcons . The national park can be reached by bus or taxi from the nearby town of Coro .
In December 1999, heavy rain caused four lagoons to form in the dunes of the park . According to the experience of the national park rangers, such formations had not occurred before.
bibliography
- Goddard, D. and Picard, YX: Los médanos de Coro: composición, granulometría y migración de las arenas. , Ministerio de Energía y Minas, Venezuela, División de Geología Marina, Caracas 1973, 13 pp.
- Hernández Baño, A. and Trujillo, MT: Secretos de los Médanos de Coro. Series Historia regional no.1, Coro , Instituto de Cultura del Estado Falcón, Instituto Nacional de Parques, Caracas 1986, 92 pp.
- Morales, PR: Estudio de los médanos de Venezuela: evidencias de un clima desértico. Acta Biológica de Venezuela , 1979, 10: 19-49.
- Roa-Morales, P .: Génesis de los médanos de los Llanos de Venezuela. , Universidad de Zulia, Maracaibo 1979, 4 pp.
Web links
- Médanos de Coro (Spanish)
- Los Medanos ( Memento from September 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish)