Talampaya National Park is a national park located in the east/centre of La Rioja Province, Argentina. It was designated a provincial reserve in 1975 and in 1997 was declared a national park. The National Parks of Argentina make up a network of 29 national parks in Argentina. ... Map of Argentina highlighting the province La Rioja is a one of the provinces of Argentina and is, located in the west of the country. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The park covers an area of 2,150 km² at an altitude of 1,500 m. Its purpose is to protect important archaeological and palaeontological sites found in the area. It has landscapes of great beauty, with flora and fauna typical of the mountain biome. In ecology, a biome is a major regional group of distinctive plant and animal communities well adapted to the regions physical environment. ...

The park is in a basin between the Cerro Los Colorados to the west and the Sierra de Sañagasta to the east. The landscape is the result of erosion by water and wind in a desert climate, with large ranges in temperature - high heat by day and low temperature at night, with torrential rain in summer and strong wind in spring. Look up Erosion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Severe soil erosion in a wheat field near Washington State University, USA. Erosion is the displacement of solids (soil, mud, rock, and so forth) by the agents of wind, water, ice, movement in response to gravity, or living organisms (in the case... A dune in the Egyptian desert Desert in California In geography, a desert is a landscape form or region that receives little precipitation, less than 200 mm per year. ...

In the park can be found:

• The dry bed of the Talampaya River, where dinosaurs lived millions of years ago - fossils, whilst not as interesting as Ischigualasto, have been found here;
• The Talampaya gorge and its rock formations with walls up to 143 m high, narrowing to 80 m at one point;
• The remains of indigenous peoples' settlements, such as the petroglyphs of the Puerta del Cañón;
• A botanical garden of the local flora at the narrow point of the canyon;
• Regional fauna, including guanacos, hares, maras, foxes and condors.

In 2000, UNESCO declared the park a World Heritage Site. Orders Saurischia    Sauropodomorpha    Theropoda Ornithischia Dinosaurs are animals that dominated the terrestrial ecosystem for over 100 million years. ... Grand Canyon, Arizona A canyon, or gorge, is a valley walled by cliffs. ... Petroglyphs on a Bishop Tuff tableland Petroglyph on Petroglyph Point Petroglyphs on Petroglyph Point Petroglyphs on Petroglyph Point Petroglyphs on Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument Petroglyphs from Scandinavia (Häljesta, Västmanland in Sweden). ... 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. ... Species Many, see text Hares and jackrabbits belong to family Leporidae, and mostly in genus Lepus. ... Species The maras (Dolichotis) are a genus of the cavy family. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... 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. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations system established in 1946. ... Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ...