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This is the fastest moving Glacier in the world
Photo by Blue Jay
Patagonia, Argentina, Spring 2005

Regions

From West to East and North to South, these are[1]:

  • Argentine Northwest: Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán, Catamarca
  • Gran Chaco: Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero
  • Mesopotamia (or Littoral): Misiones, Entre Ríos, Corrientes
  • Cuyo: San Juan, La Rioja, Mendoza, San Luis
  • Pampas: Córdoba, Santa Fe, La Pampa, Buenos Aires
  • Patagonia: Rio Negro, Neuquén, Chubut, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego


National Parks

[2 & 3]

North-East

  • Chaco National Park
  • El Impenetrable National Park
  • Iguazú National Park - home of the Iguazu Falls, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
  • Mburucuyá National Park
  • Río Pilcomayo National Park


North-West

  • Baritú National Park
  • Calilegua National Park
  • Campo de los Alisos National Park
  • Copo National Park
  • El Rey National Park
  • Los Cardones National Park
Photo by ibera
Esteros del Ibera, Argentina, June 2006

Central

  • Campos del Tuyu National Park
  • El Palmar National Park
  • Islas de Santa Fé National Park
  • Predelta National Park
  • Quebrada del Condorito National Park


Cuyo

  • El Leoncito National Park
  • Los Venados National Park (projected, in San Luis)
  • San Guillermo National Park
  • Sierra de las Quijadas National Park
  • Talampaya National Park - a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000


Patagonia

  • Los Cardones National Park
  • Lanín National ParkLago Puelo National Park
  • Laguna Blanca National Park
  • Lanín National Park
  • Lihué Calel National Park
  • Los Alerces National Park
  • Los Arrayanes National Park
  • Los Glaciares National Park - also a UNESCO heritage site
  • Nahuel Huapi National Park
  • Francisco P. Moreno National Park
  • Monte León National Park
  • Tierra del Fuego National Park



References

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_of_Argentina
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_Argentina
3. National Parks - official website http://www.parquesnacionales.gob.ar/

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