Chaco National Park

The Chaco National Park () is a national park in Argentina. It is in the province of Chaco. It is 150 km2 in size. It was created in 1954 to protect the Eastern Chaco. Each summer, 750 and 1,300 mm of rain falls.

This park protects the quebracho trees. Forests of quebracho colorado chaqueño (Schinopsis balansae) used to grow in the north of Santa Fe and the western half of Chaco, and there were some Corrientes. Because this wood is strong has tannin in it, human beings cut down too many trees for a hundred years.

The park has different kinds of places in it: scrubland, savanna, swamps, and small lakes. The red quebracho (Schinopsis lorentzii), white quebracho (Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco),  algarrobo (Prosopis alba), and lapacho (Tabebuia spp.),  all of which are commercially valuable species, live in scrubland. Large animals live in the park, for example cougars. Yacare caimans and capybaras swim in the lakes. Armadillos, South American tapirs, black howler monkeys, and plains viscachas and more than 340 species of bird live in the park.

Human beings in the Mocoví and Toba peoples live in the protected area.

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 See also 
 Campo del Cielo

References
Administración de Parques Nacionales - Argentina's National Park Administration (in Spanish)

Category:National parks
Category:Argentina