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Argentina Neuquen

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Neuqu�n is a province of Argentina, located in the west of the country, at the northern end of Patagonia. It borders Mendoza Province to the north, Rio Negro Province to the southeast, and Chile to the west. It also meets La Pampa Province at its northeast corner.

The province's limits are set by the Colorado River to the Northeast, separating it from the Mendoza Province, the Limay River to the Southeast facing the R�o Negro Province, and the Andes mountain range to the west, separating it from Chile.

There are two main distinctive landscapes; the mountainous fertile valleys with forest on the West, and the arid plateau with fertile land only near the basins of the rivers on the East, mainly the Limay River and Neuqu�n River.

The lacustrine system includes other less important rivers such as Alumin� River, Malleo, and Pic�n Leuf� River, and a series of lakes including the Nahuel Huapi Lake (550 km�), shared with the R�o Negro Province, the Alumin� Lake (58 km�), L�car Lake (49 km�), Huechulaufquen Lake (110 km�), Lolog (35 km�), Traful, Hermoso, Quill�n, �orquinco, Tromen and Falkner. The weather is continental and cold, with temperate summers, and in the arid regions a wide difference in temperature between day and night. There is also a big contrast in humidity, with regular precipitations of up to 4.000 mm in some regions of the Andean part of the province.

The province is home of the magnificent Arrayanes (Luma apiculata) forest at the Los Arrayanes National Park. Other National parks include Lan�n National Park and the Lan�n extinct volcano, the Nahuel Huap� National Park shared with the R�o Negro Province, and the Laguna Blanca National Park.

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COA Tintica - Villa La Angostura

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Club de Observadores de Aves de Villa La Angostura, Neuquen, Argentina. Lugar de difusi�n de actividades, registros, publicaciones y fotograf�as...

Laguna Blanca National Park

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The park around the lagoon was created in 1940 to protect the lagoon and particularly the population of black-necked swans Cygnus melancoryphus. It has an area of 112.5 km�. The lagoon is situated in the Patagonian steppe, surrounded by hills and gorges....

Lan�n National Park

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Lan�n National Park is a national park of Argentina, located in the Neuqu�n Province, with forests of diverse tree varieties, mainly Fagaceae and conifers such as the lenga and the Araucaria, many species of which are not found elsewhere in Argentina...

Los Arrayanes National Park

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Los Arrayanes National Park is a national park of Argentina with an area of 17.53 square kilometres. It covers the Quetrihu� Peninsula on the shore of the Nahuel Huapi Lake in the province of Neuqu�n, 3 km from Villa la Angostura...

Nahuel Huapi National Park

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Animals include river otters (Lontra longicaudis), southern Andean huemuls (Hippocamelus bisulcus), pudus (small deer), foxes, cougars, guanacos and maras. Huillin (Lontra provocax), an endangered native otter, has been reported in the park. Avifauna reported include Magellanic Woodpeckers, green Austral Parakeets, geese, ducks, swans, blue-eyed cormorants, Andean condors (Vultur gryphus) and Green-backed Firecrowns (Saphonoides sephaniodes)...

Parque Nacional Arrayanes

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Especies comprometidas como los venados pud� y huemul. Una de las pocas poblaciones de huill�n de la Argentina y el monito de monte (mini-comadreja marsupial); as� como el guanaco y el zorro. Entre las aves, el C�ndor, el choique, varias especies de �guilas y halcones, el carpintero patag�nico, la cotorra austral, la paloma araucana y el chucao. Varias especies de truchas importadas.

Parque Nacional Laguna Blanca

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La avifauna acu�tica, espectacular por su variedad y cantidad, conforma el primordial atractivo del Parque y tiene al cisne cuello negro como principal protagonista. la multitud de aves que frecuenta la Laguna Blanca incluye, adem�s flamencos que nidifican en ella, patos, chorlos, playeros y mac�es plateados. Al llegar la primavera, estos �ltimos constituyen varias colonias de cr�a en distintos sectores de la laguna, que brindan al visitante excelentes oportunidades para conocer aspectos de su conducta.

Parque Nacional Lan�n

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De su avifauna acu�tica, el componente m�s pintoresco es el pato de los torrentes. Nadando contra Ia corriente en arroyos caudalosos, busca larvas de insectos, a las que captura buceando con gran destreza y dando vuelta las piedras con su pico�

Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi

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Continuando hacia el este, la disminuci�n de las precipitaciones da paso a un paisaje de ca�adones y mesetas semi�ridas, con neto predominio de la estepa patag�nica. Es el reino de pastos de tonos amarillos y anaranjados, t�picos del distrito mas occidental y h�medo de la estepa. Zorros, pumas y guanacos, junto a aves rapaces como el gavil�n ceniciento y el halconcito colorado, caracterizan la fauna de esta zona.

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