Английская Википедия:Chagres National Park
The Chagres National Park is a nature park and protected area[1] created in 1986 located between the Province of Panama and Colon, in the Eastern sector of the Panama Canal with a total surface area of Шаблон:Convert.[2]
The park contains tropical rain forests and a set of rivers which provide sufficient water to guarantee the operation of the Gatun Lake, main lake of the Panama Canal: the Chagres River[2] and the Gatun River.
The highest point of the park is Cerro Jefe, at 1,007 m above sea level. [3]
It is considered a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance. [4]
Panama Canal Watershed
The park was created in 1985,[5] with the aim of preserving the natural forest that composes it
- to produce water in amount and quality sufficient to guarantee the normal operation of the Panama Canal[6][7]
- to supply potable water for the cities of Panama, Colon and la Chorrera,[5]
- and the generation of electricity for the cities of Panama and Colon.[8]
References
Шаблон:National parks of Panama
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 Ecotourismpanama.com
- ↑ The Status of the Panama Canal Watershed and Its Biodiversity at the Beginning of the 21st Century: Long-term ecological studies reveal a diverse flora and fauna near the Panama Canal, harbored within a corridor of forest stretching from the Caribbean to the Pacific, but deforestation, land degradation, erosion, and overhunting remain threats
- ↑ Wadsworth FH. 1978. Deforestation: Death to the Panama Canal. Pages 22–24 in Proceedings of the US Strategy Conference on Tropical Deforestation. Washington (DC): US Department of State and US Agency for International Development.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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