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Encyclopedia > Los Arrayanes National Park

Los Arrayanes National Park is a national park of Argentina with an area of 17.53 square kilometres. It covers the Quetrihué Peninsula on the shore of the Nahuel Huapi Lake in the province of Neuquén, 3 km from Villa la Angostura. Yosemite National Park in the United States. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer, symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ... Categories: Argentina geography stubs | Argentine provinces ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer, symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ...


Even though arrayán trees can be seen on the way to the end of the peninsula, the forest of 300 year old arrayanes covers 0.2 km² of the southern point, with individuals of over 600 years. The forest can be reached by boat from different points of the Nahuel Huapi lake, or a 12 km path from the beginning of the park at the port of Villa La Angostura. This path, full of ups and downs, is also popularly done by mountain bike. Binomial name Luma apiculata (DC.) Burrett The Arrayán (Luma apiculata) is a species of tree in the genus Luma in the myrtle family (Myrtaceae) native to the central Andes mountains between Chile and Argentina. ... A peninsula is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body, surrounded by water on three sides. ... A rider during a Cross Country race A mountain bike in the forest A mountain bike, mountain bicycle or ATB (All Terrain Bicycle) is a bicycle designed for mountain biking and other off-road riding, either on dirt trails or other unpaved environments; in contrast, road bicycles arent rugged...


There are a few pudú and huemul deer, guanacos, monitos de monte and small foxes. Among the birds, condors, eagles, hawks and woodpeckers can be found here. Binomial name Hippocamelus bisulcus Molina, 1782 |} The Huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus) is an endangered mammal of the Cervidae family also known as the South Andean deer, found in Chile and Argentina. ... Subfamilies Capreolinae Cervinae Hydropotinae Muntiacinae Defined strictly, a deer is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. ... Binomial name Lama guanicoe (Müller, 1776) The Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) (sometimes spelled Guanco) is an elegant, fine-boned lamoid animal that stands approximately 3 ft 6 (1. ... Binomial name Dromiciops gliroides Thomas, 1894 Synonyms The Monito del Monte (little mountain monkey, Dromiciops gliroides or Dromiciops australis) is a semi-arboreal South American marsupial which is thought to be more closely related to the marsupials of Australasia than to those of the Americas. ... The foxes comprise 23 species of omnivorous canids, found worldwide. ... Binomial name Vultur gryphus Linnaeus, 1758 Gymnogyps californianus (George Shaw, 1797) Condor is the name for two species of bird in one of the vulture families. ... Eagle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The term hawk refers to birds of prey in any of three senses: Strictly, to mean any of the species in the genera Accipiter, Micronisus, Melierax, Urotriorchis, and Megatriorchis. ... Genera Many, see text. ...


Even though it was already part of the Nahuel Huapi National Park, Los Arrayanes was created in 1971 to protect its forest of rare arrayán trees. To protect the soil and the roots of these fragile trees, a wooden path has been made for the tourist to enjoy the view of the cinnamon-coloured trees. It is said that the forest inspired Walt Disney for the scenography of his film Bambi, though he visited it in 1941, when production of the film was already in course. Categories: Stub ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Binomial name Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum, synonym ) is a small evergreen tree 10-15 m tall, belonging to the family Lauraceae, and a spice obtained from the inner bark of this species. ... Walt Disney Walter Elias Walt Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966), was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, and animator. ... This article is about the 1942 Walt Disney film. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

National parks of Argentina (by region)

Northwest: Baritú | Calilegua | El Rey | Los Cardones | Campo de los Alisos | Chaqueña: Copo | Río Pilcomayo | Chaco | Mesopotamia: Iguazú* | Mburucuyá | El Palmar | Cuyo: San Guillermo | Talampaya* | El Leoncito | Sierra de las Quijadas | Pampas: Quebrada del Condorito | Lihué Calel | Predelta | Patagonia: Laquna Blanca | Lanín | Los Arrayanes | Nahuel Huapi | Lago Puelo | Los Alerces | Francisco P. Moreno | Los Glaciares* | Monte León | Tierra del Fuego The National Parks of Argentina make up a network of 29 national parks in Argentina. ... The Baritú National Park is a national park of Argentina, located in the Santa Victoria Department, in the north of the province of Salta, in the Argentine Northwest. ... The Calilegua National Park is a national park of Argentina, located at the southeast of the province of Jujuy (Argentine Northwest), at the Ledesma Department, on the eastern slopes of the Calilegua hills. ... The El Rey National Park is a national park of Argentina, located in the Anta Deparment, province of Salta, in the Argentine Northwest, 80 km from the provincial capital. ... The Campo de los Alisos National Park is a national park of Argentina, located in the Chicligasta Department, province of Tucumán. ... Landscape in the Gran Chaco, Paraguay The Gran Chaco, dubbed by some as the last South American frontier, is an arid, sparsely-populated, very hot, semi-desert, lowland region of the La Plata basin and is a region divided between Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and a small portion in Brazil called... The Copo National Park is a national park of Argentina, located in the Copo Department, province of Santiago del Estero. ... The Chaco National Park is a national park of Argentina, located in the province of Chaco. ... La Mesopotamia, Región Mesopotámica or Litoral (Littoral) is the humid and verdant area of north-east Argentina, comprising the provinces of Misiones, Entre Ríos and Corrientes. ... Aereal view of a section of the waterfalls The Iguazú National Park is a national park of Argentina, located in the Iguazú Deparment, in the north of the province of Misiones, Argentine Mesopotamia. ... A view of El Palmar, showing Yatay palm trees. ... Cuyo is the name given to the wine-producing, mountainous area of north-west Argentina, comprising the provinces of San Juan, San Luis and Mendoza. ... The El Leoncito National Park is a national park of Argentina, located at the Calingasta Department, in the southwest of the province of San Juan. ... The Pampas (from Quechua, meaning plain) are the fertile South American lowlands that include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, and Córdoba, most of Uruguay, and the southernmost end of Brazil, covering more than 750,000 km² (290,000 square miles). ... Patagonia is that portion of South America which, to the east of the Andes, lies mainly south of the Rio Negro (41°S), and, to the west of the Andes, south of (42°S). ... Categories: Stub ... The Lago Puelo National Park is a national park of Argentina, located in the northwest of the province of Chubut, in the Patagonia. ... The Los Alerces National Park is a national park in Chubut Province, Argentina, some 30 miles from Esquel. ... Los Glaciares (Spanish for the glaciers) is a national park in the Santa Cruz, in the Argentine Patagonia. ... Tierra del Fuego National Park is a national park on the Argentine part of the island of Tierra del Fuego, within Tierra del Fuego Province. ...



 

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