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Campo de los Alisos National Park



 
 
The Campo de los Alisos National Park is a national park
National park

A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution....
 of Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
, located in the Chicligasta Department, province
Provinces of Argentina

Argentina is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one federal district . The federal district and the provinces have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system....
 of Tucumán
Tucumán Province

Tucum?n is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The capital is San Miguel de Tucum?n, often shortened to Tucum?n....
. It has an area of 100 square kilometres.

This national park was created in order to protect a representative sample of the montanos jungle and forest ecosystem
Ecosystem

An ecosystem is a natural unit consisting of all plants, animals and micro-organisms in an area functioning together with all of the non-living physical factors of the environment....
. Annual rainfall here oscillates between 100 and 200 mm.

The park is located on the eastern slope of the Nevados del Aconquija.






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The Campo de los Alisos National Park is a national park
National park

A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution....
 of Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
, located in the Chicligasta Department, province
Provinces of Argentina

Argentina is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one federal district . The federal district and the provinces have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system....
 of Tucumán
Tucumán Province

Tucum?n is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The capital is San Miguel de Tucum?n, often shortened to Tucum?n....
. It has an area of 100 square kilometres.

This national park was created in order to protect a representative sample of the montanos jungle and forest ecosystem
Ecosystem

An ecosystem is a natural unit consisting of all plants, animals and micro-organisms in an area functioning together with all of the non-living physical factors of the environment....
. Annual rainfall here oscillates between 100 and 200 mm.

The park is located on the eastern slope of the Nevados del Aconquija. The Aconquija mountains are the southern extension of the Calchaquíes Valleys, the western first steps raising from the Chaco-Pampean plain.

Flora and fauna vary considerably with the different heights, from a jungle at lower levels to snow-covered mountainous terrain at 5,000 m.

Source

  • - National Parks Administration of Argentina (in Spanish and English)