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  2. Wildlife of Chile - Wikipedia

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    Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) (NT) is the national bird of Chile. The wildlife of Chile is very diverse because of the country's slender and elongated shape, which spans a wide range of latitude, and altitude, ranging from the windswept coastline of the Pacific coast on the west to northern Andes to the sub-Antarctic, high Andes mountains in the east.

  3. Los Flamencos National Reserve - Wikipedia

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    Los Flamencos National Reserve is a nature reserve located in the commune of San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta Region of northern Chile. [4] The reserve covers a total area of 740 square kilometres (290 sq mi) in the Central Andean dry puna ecoregion [5] and consists of seven separate sections.

  4. Lauca National Park - Wikipedia

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    Lauca National Park is in Chile's far north, within the Andean range. It encompasses an area of 1,379 km² of altiplano and mountains, the latter consisting mainly of enormous volcanoes. Las Vicuñas National Reserve is its neighbour to the south. Both protected areas, along with Salar de Surire Natural Monument, form Lauca Biosphere Reserve.

  5. Pampa del Tamarugal National Reserve - Wikipedia

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    Pampa del Tamarugal National Reserve is a nature reserve of northern Chile's Tarapacá Region located in the Pampa del Tamarugal, about 70 km (43 mi) east of Iquique. The reserve consists of three separate sectors: Zapiga, Bosque Nativo de La Tirana, and Pintados.

  6. Chile's Humboldt penguins could face extinction as population ...

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    "It was the avian flu plus the El Nino phenomenon that shifted all the food towards the southern zone, and therefore, in the entire northern Chile, reproduction dropped to almost zero levels, and ...

  7. Atacama Desert - Wikipedia

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    The Atacama Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Atacama) is a desert plateau located on the Pacific coast of South America, in the north of Chile.Stretching over a 1,600-kilometre-long (1,000-mile) strip of land west of the Andes Mountains, it covers an area of 105,000 km 2 (41,000 sq mi), [2] which increases to 128,000 km 2 (49,000 sq mi) if the barren lower slopes of the Andes are included.

  8. List of birds of Chile - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the bird species recorded in Chile. Unless otherwise noted, the list is that of the South American Classification Committee (SACC) of the American Ornithological Society . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The SACC list includes species recorded in mainland Chile , on the Chilean islands of the Cape Horn area, on other islands and waters near the ...

  9. List of national parks of Chile - Wikipedia

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    There are 42 national parks in Chile covering a total area of 13,206,810 hectares. [1] Table. Lauca. Volcán Isluga. Llullaillaco. Pan de Azúcar. Nevado Tres Cruces.