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Chagres National Park

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Address
  
Carretera Madden, Panama

Phone
  
+507 500-0855

Area
  
1,290 km²

Established
  
1985

Chagres National Park

Location
  
Panamá Province, Panama

Similar
  
Soberanía National Park, Parque Natural Metropolit, El Nido Cerro Azul Panama, El Nido del Postre, Adventures Panama

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The Chagres National Park is located between the Province of Panama and Colon, in the Eastern sector of the Panama Canal with a total surface area of 129,000 hectares (320,000 acres).

Contents

The park contains tropical rain forests and a set of rivers which provide sufficient water to guarantee the operation of the Gatun Lake, main lake of the Panama Canal: The Chagres River and the Gatun River.

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Panama Canal Watershed

The park was created in 1985, with the aim of preserving the natural forest that composes it to produce water in amount and quality sufficient to guarantee the normal operation of the Panama Canal, to supply potable water for the cities of Panama, Colon and la Chorrera, and the generation of electricity for the cities of Panama and Colon.

For the operation of the Panama Canal it is necessary to maintain high water levels, since each boat that crosses the locks needs around 52 million nonrecoverable gallons of fresh water.

References

Chagres National Park Wikipedia


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