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Iberá Wetlands
Esteros del Iberá
Yno'õ Y Vera
Iberá Wetlands; Esteros del Iberá; Yno'õ Y Vera
	Aerial view of the Iberá Provincial Reserve
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Location	Argentina
Area	20,000 km2 (7,700 sq mi)

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The Iberá Wetlands (Spanish: Esteros del Iberá, from Guaraní ý berá: "bright water") are a mix of swamps, bogs, stagnant lakes, lagoons, natural slough, and courses of water in the center and center-north of the province of Corrientes, Argentina.

Iberá is one of the most important freshwater reservoirs in South America and the second-largest wetland in the world after Pantanal in Brazil.^{[citation needed]} It is of pluvial origin, with a total area of 15,000–20,000 km² (5,800–7,700 sq mi).

Since 1982, part of the wetland is included within a provincial protected area, the Iberá Provincial Reserve, which comprises about 13,000 km² (5,000 sq mi), the largest of such areas in Argentina. There are ongoing plans to further up its protection status to national park.

Esteros del Iberá Marsh
Capybara at Iberá
Esteros del Iberá Lagoon
Some lakes in the Iberá Wetlands, reflecting sunlight

References

External links

Rewilding Ibera: Efforts made to save Argentina's wetlands. Al Jazeera Englisch, January 2021 (video, 4:25 mins)

Media related to Esteros del Iberá at Wikimedia Commons

28°36′00″S 57°49′01″W / 28.600°S 57.817°W / -28.600; -57.817

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+{{Short description|South American Wetlands}}
-{{Designation list
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-| designation1 = Ramsar
+| name               = Iberá Wetlands
-| designation1_offname = Lagunas y Esteros del Iberá
+| native_name        = Esteros del Iberá<br>Yno'õ Y Vera
-| designation1_date = 18 January 2002
+| native_lang        =
-| designation1_number = 1162<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lagunas y Esteros del Iberá|website=[[Ramsar Convention|Ramsar]] Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/1162|accessdate=25 April 2018}}</ref>}}
+| native_name2       =
-[[Image:Esteros del Iberá.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Some lakes in the Iberá Wetlands, reflecting sunlight. Photographed from the [[International Space Station]].]]
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+| photo              = Flying_Over_Esteros_del_Iberá_The_kingdom_of_water,_North-eastern_Argentina.jpg
+| photo_caption      = Aerial view of the [[Iberá Provincial Reserve]]
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+| map_image          = Esteros_del_Ibera.jpg
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+| country            = {{Flag|Argentina}}
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+| area               = {{convert|20,000|km2|abbr=on}}
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-The '''Iberá Wetlands''' ({{lang-es|Esteros del Iberá}}, from [[Guaraní language|Guaraní]] ''ý berá'': "bright water") are a mix of [[swamp]]s, [[bog]]s, stagnant [[lake]]s, [[lagoon]]s, natural slough, and courses of water in the center and center-north of the {{province|Corrientes|Argentina}}.
+The '''Iberá Wetlands''' ({{langx|es|Esteros del Iberá}}, from [[Guaraní language|Guaraní]] ''ý berá'': "bright water") are a mix of [[swamp]]s, [[bog]]s, stagnant [[lake]]s, [[lagoon]]s, natural slough, and courses of water in the center and center-north of the {{province|Corrientes|Argentina}}.
 Iberá is one of the most important freshwater reservoirs in [[South America]] and the second-largest [[wetland]] in the world after [[Pantanal]] in [[Brazil]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} It is of [[pluvial]] origin, with a total area of {{convert|15000|-|20000|km2|abbr=on}}.
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 <gallery>
-Image:Carpincho (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) Iberá.jpg|''[[Capybara]]'' at Iberá
 File:Esteros del Ibera Marshes.JPG|Esteros del Iberá Marsh
+Image:Carpincho (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) Iberá.jpg|''[[Capybara]]'' at Iberá
 File:Esteros del Ibera Laguna.JPG|Esteros del Iberá Lagoon
+File:Esteros del Iberá.jpg|Some lakes in the Iberá Wetlands, reflecting sunlight
 </gallery>
 ==See also==
 * [[Iberá Provincial Reserve]]
+* [[Wetland]]
 ==References==