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The '''Verona Everglades National Park''' is a Cartadanian {{wp|national park}} in the southwestern Pantanal of Verona. The park was established on 1 July 1793 to protect {{convert|7148201|acre|sqmi ha km2|0}} of forested and wetland terrain. The park is east of, and contiguous with, [[Santiago Pantanal National Park]]; both parks are administered by the [[Department of Environmental Integrity (Cartadania)|Department of Environmental Integrity]] together as the Greater | The '''Verona Everglades National Park''' is a Cartadanian {{wp|national park}} in the southwestern Pantanal of Verona. The park was established on 1 July 1793 to protect {{convert|7148201|acre|sqmi ha km2|0}} of forested and wetland terrain. The park is east of, and contiguous with, [[Santiago Pantanal National Park]]; both parks are administered by the [[Department of Environmental Integrity (Cartadania)|Department of Environmental Integrity]] together as the Greater Luson Pantanal Region. {{wp|UNESCO}} designated the areas as Pantanal-Everglades {{wp|Man and the Biosphere Programme|Biosphere Reserve}} in 1991. | ||
The park is notable for its {{wp|Shorea faguetiana|yellow meranti}} trees, the tallest tropical tree species on the planet. The tallest known tree, named Tavara, grows in the [[Lahera Forest]]'s Meranti Glade, which contains three of the ten largest trees in the world. The Lahera Forest is connected by [[Verona State Highway 301]] to Santiago Pantanal National Park's [[Elder Grove]] (where it becomes Santiago State Route 620), home to many other giant meranti trees. The parks preserve a landscape that still resembles the pantanal before [[Caphiria|Caphirian settlement.]] | The park is notable for its {{wp|Shorea faguetiana|yellow meranti}} trees, the tallest tropical tree species on the planet. The tallest known tree, named Tavara, grows in the [[Lahera Forest]]'s Meranti Glade, which contains three of the ten largest trees in the world. The Lahera Forest is connected by [[Verona State Highway 301]] to Santiago Pantanal National Park's [[Elder Grove]] (where it becomes Santiago State Route 620), home to many other giant meranti trees. The parks preserve a landscape that still resembles the pantanal before [[Caphiria|Caphirian settlement.]] | ||
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== Activities == | == Activities == | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
[[Category:IXWB]] | |||
[[Category: Verona]] | |||