Southern Cone Mesopotamian savanna

Ecoregion in Argentina and Paraguay

Southern Cone Mesopotamian savanna

Capybara near Gobernador Virasoro, Corrientes Province, Argentina

Ecoregion territory (in purple)

Ecology
Realm| Neotropical
Biome| flooded grasslands and savannas
Borders|

* Alto Paraná Atlantic forests
* Argentine Espinal
* Humid Chaco,
* Uruguayan savanna

Geography
Area| 26,866 km2 (10,373 sq mi)
Countries| Argentina and Paraguay
States|

* Corrientes
* Misiones

Conservation
Protected| 173 km² (1%)[1]

The Southern Cone Mesopotamian savanna, also known as the Argentine Mesopotamian grasslands, is a flooded grassland ecoregion of Argentina and southern Paraguay.

## Setting

[edit]

The ecoregion covers an area of 77,600 square kilometres (30,000 sq mi), lying west of the Uruguay River in Argentina's Corrientes Province, extending north into the adjacent portion of Misiones Province.

## Flora

[edit]

The ecoregion is covered by a mosaic of seasonally wet habitats, including grasslands, marshes, woodland, and gallery forests.

## Fauna

[edit]

The Mesopotamian savanna is an endemic bird area, with three endemic species, two of which are threatened.

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [1]

## External links

[edit]

* "Southern Cone Mesopotamian savanna". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
* World Wildlife Fund, ed. (2001). "Southern Cone Mesopotamian savanna". WildWorld Ecoregion Profile. National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on 2010-03-08.

This ecoregion article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template