Southwest
Copo National Park: A Vital Dry Chaco Protected Landscape in Argentina
Explore its mapped boundaries and endemic forest ecosystems.
Copo National Park represents a significant conservation effort within Santiago del Estero Province, protecting a representative segment of the Dry Chaco biome. This national park preserves the iconic quebracho scrubland, a habitat that has been drastically reduced province-wide, serving as a critical refuge for endangered species like the jaguar and maned wolf. The park's landscape features warm climate conditions and characteristic forest formations dominated by the Santiago red quebracho, offering a unique opportunity to study and appreciate a vital, yet vulnerable, regional ecosystem. Its protected status underscores its importance for understanding Argentine protected areas and landscape ecology.
- Area
- 1,181.18 km²
- Established
- 2000
- IUCN
- II
- Relief
- Lowland



