São Joaquim National Park

São Joaquim National Park
Parque Nacional de São Joaquim
IUCN category II (national park)
Edge of the Serra Geral in São Joaquim National Park.

Location	Urubici, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Coordinates	28°07′59″S 49°28′55″W / 28.133°S 49.482°W / -28.133; -49.482Coordinates: 28°07′59″S 49°28′55″W / 28.133°S 49.482°W / -28.133; -49.482
Area	48,300 hectares (119,000 acres)
Designation	National park
Created	6 July 1961
Administrator	ICMBio

São Joaquim National Park (Portuguese: Parque Nacional de São Joaquim) is a National park in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Location

The park is in the Atlantic Forest biome. It covers and area of 48,300 hectares (119,000 acres). It was established by decree nº 50.922 of 6 July 1961, and is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation.^[1] It covers parts of the municipalities of Urubici, Orleans, Grão Pará and Bom Jardim da Serra in Santa Catarina.^[2] It was originally set aside to preserve exceptional remnant forests of the Paraná pine, Araucaria angustifolia. It is now also popular for alpinism.^[3]

Temperatures range from 0 to 28 °C (32 to 82 °F), with an average of 12 °C (54 °F). The terrain is very rugged and includes canyons, large caves and slopes covered in native forest. Altitudes range from 300 to 1,826 metres (984 to 5,991 ft). The park is the source of the main rivers of the state, holding the basins of the Canoas River, Tubarão River and Pelotas River. The cold climate does not support a large amount of wildlife, but there are several endangered species living in and around the park.^[2]

Conservation

The park is classified as IUCN protected area category II (national park). It has the objectives of preserving natural ecosystems of great ecological relevance and scenic beauty, enabling scientific research, environmental education, outdoors recreation and eco-tourism.^[2] Specfically, the park is intended to preserve the Araucária Forest, alpine meadows and cloud forests.^[2] Protected species in the park include maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus), cougar (Puma concolor), red-spectacled amazon (Amazona pretrei) and Chaco eagle (Buteogallus coronatus).^[1]

Bridal veil cascade
Ice on plants in high meadow
mountainside road

Notes

Wikimedia Commons has media related to São Joaquim National Park.

Sources

Parna de São Joaquim (in Portuguese), Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation, retrieved 2016-05-02
Parque Nacional de São Joaquim, IBAMA, 2004, retrieved 2010-12-02
Unidade de Conservação: Parque Nacional de São Joaquim (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-02

National Parks of Brazil

Amazon	Acari Amazônia Anavilhanas Araguaia Cabo Orange Campos Amazônicos Jamanxim Jaú Juruena Mapinguari Monte Roraima Nascentes do Lago Jari Pacaás Novos Pico da Neblina Rio Novo Serra da Cutia Serra da Mocidade Serra do Divisor Serra do Pardo Tumucumaque Mountains Viruá

Atlantic Forest	Alto Cariri Aparados da Serra Araucárias Boa Nova Campos Gerais Caparaó Descobrimento Guaricana Iguaçu Itatiaia Monte Pascoal Pau Brasil Saint-Hilaire/Lange São Joaquim Serra da Bocaina Serra da Capivara Serra das Lontras Serra de Itabaiana Serra do Gandarela Serra do Itajaí Serra dos Órgãos Serra Geral Tijuca

Caatinga	Chapada Diamantina Furna Feia Serra das Confusões Sete Cidades Ubajara Catimbau

Cerrado	Brasília Cavernas do Peruaçu Chapada das Mesas Chapada dos Veadeiros Emas Grande Sertão Veredas Nascentes do Rio Parnaíba Sempre Vivas Serra da Bodoquena Serra da Canastra Serra do Cipó

Coastal Marine	Abrolhos Fernando de Noronha Ilhas dos Currais Jericoacoara Jurubatiba Sandbank Lagoa do Peixe Lençóis Maranhenses Superagui

Pantanal	Chapada dos Guimarães Ilha Grande Pantanal Matogrossense

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/19/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.