Médanos de Coro National Park

The Medanos National Park or Medanos de Coro National Park - (Spanish Parque Nacional Los Medanos de Coro ) is a national park in Venezuela. It is located in the state of Falcón on the isthmus of Médanos that leads to the peninsula Paraguaná. The park was established in 1974.

The National Park covers 91 280 hectares of desert, coastal and salt marsh. The large dunes ( " Médanos " ) extend over a length of 5 to 30 kilometers, and can be up to 40 meters high. Due to strong winds, they are constantly changing their shape. Because of the very low rainfall, the flora consists of prickly shrubs. The fauna is equally sparse and consists mainly of lizards, rabbits, anteaters, foxes, doves and hawks. The National Park can be reached by bus or taxi from the nearby neighborhood of Frankfurt city from Coro.

In December 1999, formed by heavy rain in the park four lagoons in the dunes, which was not previously occurred after experience of the park rangers.

Bibliography

• Goddard, D. and Picard, YX: Los Medanos de Coro. Composición, granulometría migración y de las arenas, Ministerio de Energía y Minas, Venezuela, División de Geología Marina, Caracas 1973, 13 pp.
• Baño Hernández, A. and Trujillo, MT: Secretos de los Medanos de Coro. Series Historia regional no 1, Coro, Instituto de Cultura del Estado Falcón, Instituto Nacional de Parques, Caracas 1986, 92 pp.
• Morales, PR: Estudio de los Medanos de Venezuela: Evidencia de un clima desértico. Acta Biológica de Venezuela, 1979, 10: 19-49.
• Roa -Morales, P.:. Génesis de los Medanos de los Llanos de Venezuela, Universidad de Zulia, Maracaibo 1979, 4 pp.