El Tuparro National Natural Park

The Parque Nacional Natural El Tuparro is an association founded in 1970 Colombian Nature Park. It is located in the eastern part of the Colombian Llanos in the department of Vichada and extends over 548,000 hectares. His height profile ranges from 100 m up to a height of 330 meters above the sea. The temperatures are around 27 ° C. The landscape shape extending along the rivers extending Au and gallery forests in addition to the circa 85 % constituting savannas. One of the first ' tourist ' area was Alexander von Humboldt, who was impressed as Jules Verne book The proud Orinoco from Raudal of Maipures. Since 1993, the park is on the UNESCO World Heritage ' Tentative List' of Colombia.

Hydrographic

In the basin of the Orinoco located the rivers Tomo and the eponymous Tuparro run through the park area. The partially strong meandering rivers form lagoons and over again.

Fauna and Flora

For the flora of the park, especially the standing in the wooded marshes Buriti palm and Caraipa llanorum are typical. The dry savannas, however, are prone to fires and are overgrown with grass. The fauna of the park is dominated by 112 species of birds, 17 reptiles, 26 fish and 74 mammal species. In mammals, these are, for example, the giant armadillo and tapir. But even some species of monkeys and jaguars and pumas live here. The avifauna characterize particular types of Hokkohühner and various species of eagles.

Indigenous culture

In the park area to live in a few major indigenous tribes around 10,000 people. While the root of the Guahibo still lives seminomadisch, others are sedentary.

Swell

• Parques Naturales de Colombia (Spanish) Retrieved on 18 February 2009.
• UNESCO - MAB Biosphere Reserves Directory ( English) Retrieved on 19 February 2009.
• Alexander von Humboldt, Ulrike Moheit (ed.), Letters from America 1799-1804: Letters mostly in Spanish and French. Akademie Verlag, 1993 ISBN 3-05-001940-9

• Geography (Colombia )
• National Park in Colombia
• Vichada