Some lakes in the Iberá Wetlands, reflecting sunlight. Photographed from the International Space Station.

The Iberá Wetlands (Spanish: Esteros del Iberá, from Guaraní ý berá: "bright water") are a mix of swamps, bogs, stagnant lakes, lagoons, natural slough, and courses of water in the center and center-north of the province of Corrientes, Argentina.

Iberá is one of the most important freshwater reservoirs in South America and the second-largest wetland in the world after Pantanal in Brazil. It is of pluvial origin, with a total area of 15,000–20,000 km² (5,800–7,700 sq mi).

Since 1982, part of the wetland is included within a provincial protected area, the Iberá Provincial Reserve, which comprises about 13,000 km² (5,000 sq mi), the largest of such areas in Argentina. There are ongoing plans to further up its protection status to national park.

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  Capybara at Iberá
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  Esteros del Iberá Marsh
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  Esteros del Iberá Lagoon

See also

• Iberá Provincial Reserve

References

External links

• Rewilding Ibera: Efforts made to save Argentina’s wetlands. Al Jazeera Englisch, January 2021 (video, 4:25 mins)

Media related to Esteros del Iberá at Wikimedia Commons

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