Chorro El Indio National Park

The Chorro El Indio National Park[1] (Spanish: Parque nacional Chorro El Indio)[2] Is a national park of Venezuela[3] located to the east of San Cristóbal, Táchira State,[4] in the mountain range the Maravilla, has access by the highway San Cristóbal - Macanillo - Potosí.

Chorro El Indio National Park
Parque nacional Chorro El Indio
IUCN category II (national park)
Location
Location Venezuela
Coordinates8°34′N 72°21′W
Area170 km2 (66 sq mi)
Established1989 (1989)

The area includes the paramos of Guarín, El Pino, El Moradeño, El Moraleño, El Oso, Cerro La Maravilla and Cerro El Chimborazo, within which are the waterfalls Chorro El Indio and Chorro El Franklin, at the headwaters of the river Zúñiga. It reached the rank of National Park by decree dated December 7, 1989 by the then president of the republic Carlos Andrés Pérez.

It has an approximate area of 17,000 hectares, with a range between 1100 m and 2600 m, a temperature varying between 12 °C and 23 °C, with a warm mountain rainy climate, the average annual rainfall is 2000 mm.

See also
Chorro El Indio Waterfall

References
  1. "Parque nacional Chorro El Indio". Archived from the original on 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  2. Agua para la vida (in Spanish). Universidad Catolica Andres. 1998-01-01. ISBN 9789802441488.
  3. Collection, Benson Latin American (1998-01-01). Bibliographic guide to Latin American studies (in Spanish). G. K. Hall. ISBN 9780783802183.
  4. Renovables, Venezuela Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales (1995-01-01). Memoria y cuenta (in Spanish). Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales Renovables.
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