Torres del Paine National Park

 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 is a national park encompassing 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬, and 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 in 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚. The 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 is the 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 of the park. It lies in a 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 between the 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 and the 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐬. The park is located 𝟏𝟏𝟐 𝐤𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 of 𝐏𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 and 𝟑𝟏𝟐 𝐤𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 of 𝐏𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐬. The park borders 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐨 𝐎'𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 to the 𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭 and the 𝐋𝐨𝐬 𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 to the 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 in 𝐀𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲.It was established as a national park in 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟗.

The zone is characterized by 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬, with temperatures lower than 𝟏𝟔 °𝐂 during the 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 (𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲). 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 is 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝, with an 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 in 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 of 𝟓 °𝐂 , and an 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐰 of −𝟑 °𝐂.The 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 are 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 and 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥, with a 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 of 𝟖𝟎 𝐦𝐦. This represents 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 the 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲–𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥, which are the 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬.

𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐬 are one of the most 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐬 found in the park. Other 𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐬 include 𝐟𝐨𝐱𝐞𝐬 and 𝐩𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐬.It is also home to the 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐮𝐞𝐦𝐮𝐥. The 𝐩𝐮𝐦𝐚'𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐬 in the park has been studied.The park contains 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 of 𝟏𝟓 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 and 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. Among them are 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐫, 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤-𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐳𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐥𝐞, 𝐫𝐮𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐬-𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐰𝐤, 𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫, 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐚, 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐰𝐥, 𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐲𝐠𝐦𝐲-𝐨𝐰𝐥,to name but a few.Other birds occuring in the park include the 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐨, 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐧'𝐬 𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐚, 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐧, 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤-𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐧, 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫, 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞, and 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤-𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐬.

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