Santuario de Fauna y Flora los Flamencos
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| Location: | La Guajira , Colombia | ||
| Next city: | Riohacha | ||
| Surface: | 7687 hectares | ||
| Founding: | 1977 | ||
| Address: | [1] | ||
The Santuario de Fauna y Flora los Flamencos is a Colombian nature park founded in 1977 . It is located in the municipality of Riohacha in the La Guajira department on the Caribbean coast over two large lagoons on an area of 7687 hectares at sea level. The aim of the park is not only to protect the special fauna and flora, but also to protect the Wayúu indigenous tribe living in the area .
The climate is warm with temperatures between 25 and 30 ° C. The annual precipitation amounts to 800 to 1000 millimeters, with most of the precipitation falling in the months May to June and October to November.
fauna and Flora
The fauna and flora are shaped by the species living in the lagoons, but also by species from the tropical dry forests and mangrove areas between the lagoons . Thereby five mangrove species occurring in the Colombian Caribbean region, the black ( Avicennia germinans ), white ( Laguncularia racemosa ) and red mangrove ( Rhizophora mangle ), as well as the button mangrove ( Conocarpus erectus ) grow in the mangrove areas of the park.
The (sub) xerophyte plants include Cordia dentata , Erythoxylon cartagenense , Libidibia coriaria , Pereskia colombiana , Hippomane manciella , Cnidosculus urens , Capparis odoratissima and Bulnesia arborea .
The most visible element of the fauna are the namesake flamingos, but also for the turtle species Dermochely coriacea and Cheloni midas as well as the loggerhead ( Caretta caretta ) and the hawksbill turtle ( Eretmochelys imbricata ) use the area as a reproduction area. In the dry forests, for example, flatland tapirs ( Tapirus terrestris ) and whitebearded peccaries ( Tayassu pecari ) can be found.
Ethnological history
Archaeological remains show that the current park area was inhabited by an ethnic group belonging to the Arawak before the Spanish conquest . This tribe moved in the course of the conquest of the area in the direction of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and mixed with the Kogi . The now existing Wayúu indigenous settlement, Camarones , was founded in 1595.
Threats
The dry forests in particular are threatened by illegal logging.
swell
- Colombia - Parques Naturales. Villegas Editores, Bogotá 2006, ISBN 958-8156-88-2 .
- Parques Naturales de Colombia ( Spanish ) Retrieved June 18, 2011.