Iberá Provincial Reserve

The Iberá Provincial Reserve (Reserva Provincial Iberá, from Guaraní ý berá: "bright water") is a provincial protected area in the north-west of Corrientes Province, north-eastern Argentina. Established on 15 April 1983, it contains a mix of swamps, bogs, stagnant lakes, lagoons, natural sloughs and courses of water. With an area of about 1,300,000 ha (13, 000 km2, 5, 000 sq mi), the reserve spans a significant 14% of the Corrientes province, and is the largest protected area in the country. The reserve protects a portion of the Iberá Wetlands, a greater system of marshes of 1,500,000–2,000,000 ha (15, 000–20, 000 km2, 5, 800–7, 700 sq mi), and one of the most important fresh water reservoirs in the continent. In 2002 an area of 24,500 ha (245 km2, 95 sq mi) has been listed as a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar convention. The reserve contains both Iberá Provincial Park and Iberá National Park within its boundaries. The remaining area is mostly private cattle ranches. Iberá Provincial Park was created in 2009 from public lands controlled by Corrientes Province, and covers an area of 5530 km2. It lies in the southwestern portion of the reserve. Iberá National Park was created by an act of the Argentinian Congress on December 5, 2018. It lies in the center of the reserve, and covers an area 1,381.4 km2. park was created from former private cattle ranches a

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