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Rosario and San Bernardo Corals National Natural Park

National park in Colombia

Summary

National park in Colombia

Field	Value
name	Parque Nacional Natural Corales del Rosario y San Bernardo
alt_name	Rosario and San Bernardo Corals National Natural Park
iucn_category	II
photo	Amanecer en Tintipán.jpg
photo_caption	Dawn in Tintipán
map_image	Parque Nacional Natural Corales del Rosario y San Bernardo.svg
nearest_city	Tolú, Colombia
coords	Islas del Rosario
Islas de San Bernardo
area	1200 km2
established	May 1977
governing_body	SINAP

Islas de San Bernardo The Rosario and San Bernardo Corals National Natural Park () is a natural park located in the Sucre and Bolívar Departments on the coast of the Caribbean Region of Colombia, 45 km from the Bay of Cartagena. It was the most visited national park in Colombia in 2009, with 318,473 visitors.{{cite news |access-date = 11 July 2010

Most of the park is underwater{{cite web |access-date = 10 July 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110707053942/http://www.parquesnacionales.gov.co/PNN/portel/libreria/php/decide.php?patron=01.02021303 |archive-date = 7 July 2011 |access-date = 10 July 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110707053948/http://www.parquesnacionales.gov.co/PNN/portel/libreria/php/decide.php?patron=01.020213 |archive-date = 7 July 2011

General

It is Colombia's only underwater park,{{cite news |access-date = 11 July 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130102020151/http://tr.terra.com.co/proyectos/maravillasdecolombia/parquecorales.html |archive-date = 2 January 2013

It was established in 1977 to protect the coral reef on one of the islands in the Islas del Rosario archipelago, originally extending 178 km2. In 1988, an area of 195 km2 was incorporated, and finally in 1996 the park was expanded to the present area, 1200 km2, including Archipelago of San Bernardo.

The park is molded by the Caribbean and Panama currents, as well as freshwater from the Canal del Dique. Sediments brought from Magdalena River by the channel is having a negative effect of the park, as it deteriorates the reef. There are no bodies of freshwater in the park, but there is brackish water in some of the lagoons on the islands. Average yearly temperature is 27–30 °C.

Flora and fauna

Most of the wildlife is marine. The park is home to 170 species of fish, 52 species of coral, 25 species of sponges, and hundreds of mollusc and crustacean species. The flora is characterized by mangroves and seagrass beds.

References

Citations

References

{{harvnb. IUCN. 1982
{{harvnb. Cortés. 2003
{{harvnb. Restrepo Ángel. 2005
{{harvnb. Villegas. Sesana. 2007
{{harvnb. Woods. 2008
{{harvnb. Restrepo Ángel. 2005

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