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Villarrica National Park

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Nearest city
  
Pucón

Area
  
630 km²

Established
  
1940

Address
  
Chile

Phone
  
+56 45 244 3781

Number of visitors
  
115,761

Villarrica National Park

Location
  
La Araucanía and Los Ríos regions, Chile

Governing body
  
Corporación Nacional Forestal

Similar
  
Hotel y Termas Huife, "Puntilla Lake Toro", Parque Termal Menetue, Los Ojos del Caburgua, Termas San Luis

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Villarrica National Park is located in the Andes, in the La Araucanía and Los Ríos regions of Chile, near Pucón. The centerpiece of the park is a line of three volcanoes stretching transversely to the Andean range: Villarrica, Quetrupillán, and Lanín. Other mountains in the park include Quinquilil volcano (2,050 m (6,726 ft)), also known as Colmillo del Diablo, and Cerro Las Peinetas, which lies on the border between Argentina and Chile. It ranges in elevation from 600 m (1,969 ft) to 3,776 m (12,388 ft) at Lanín Volcano.

Contents

The drainage divide between the Toltén River drainage basin and the Valdivia River basin runs through the park and marks the boundary between the Cautín Province and the Valdivia Province.

A portion of the park is included in the Bosques Templados Lluviosos de los Andes Australes Biosphere Reserve.

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Flora and fauna

The park protects Valdivian temperate rainforest habitat. Roble (Nothofagus obliqua) and Raulí (Nothofagus alpina) trees are found at lower elevations. Coihues occur in the wettest areas. At higher elevations, forests are dominated by the Araucarias (Araucaria araucana).

The park's forests provide habitat for wildlife such as pumas, chillas, culpeos, pudúes, coypus, Harris's hawks, lesser grisons, Molina's hog-nosed skunks, and the rare monitos del monte.

References

Villarrica National Park Wikipedia