Los Flamencos National Reserve

Los Flamencos National Reserve (Reserva Nacional Los Flamencos)
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Salar de Tara
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LocationAntofagasta Region, Chile
Nearest citySan Pedro de Atacama
Coordinates23°07′S 67°26′W / 23.12°S 67.43°W / -23.12; -67.43
Area740 km2
Established1990
Governing bodyCorporación Nacional Forestal
Official nameSalar de Tara
Designated2 December 1996
Reference no.875[1]
Official nameSistema Hidrológico de Soncor del Salar de Atacama
Designated2 December 1996
Reference no.876[2]
Official nameSalar de Pujsa
Designated14 August 2009
Reference no.1871[3]

Los Flamencos National Reserve is a nature reserve located in the commune of San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta Region of northern Chile.[4] The reserve covers a total area of 740 square kilometres (290 sq mi) in the Central Andean dry puna ecoregion[5] and consists of seven separate sections.

  1. ^ "Salar de Tara". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Sistema Hidrológico de Soncor del Salar de Atacama". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Salar de Pujsa". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  4. ^ II región, Reserva Nacional Los Flamencos Archived 2020-03-18 at the Wayback Machine www.profesorenlinea.cl retrieved June 21, 2013
  5. ^ Olson, D. M, E. Dinerstein; et al. (2001). "Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Life on Earth". BioScience. 51 (11): 933–8. doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0933:TEOTWA]2.0.CO;2. Archived from the original on 2011-10-14.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)