Iberá Wetlands


The Iberá Wetlands are a mix of swamps, bogs, stagnant lakes, lagoons, natural slough, and courses of water in the center and center-north of the.
Iberá is one of the most important freshwater reservoirs in South America and the second-largest wetland in the world after Pantanal in Brazil. It is of pluvial origin, with a total area of.
Since 1982, part of the wetland is included within a provincial protected area, the Iberá Provincial Reserve, which comprises about, the largest of such areas in Argentina. There are ongoing plans to further up its protection status to national park.