The Predelta National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Predelta) is a

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, located in south-west of the

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of Entre Ríos, 6 km south from

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, in the Argentine Mesopotamia, at the beginning of the

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. The park was created on 13 January 1992 under the Law Nº 24.063, with an area 24.58 square kilometres to protect a sample of the Upper Delta of the Paraná, which belongs to the Paraná Delta and Islands Ecoregion. The Predelta is the area where the

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s of the Paraná start forming islands, while the river itself splits into several major arms and many smaller watercourses. Parque Nacional Predelta

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Administración de Parques Nacionales
- National Parks Administration of Argentina National parks of Argentina Protected areas of Entre Ríos Province Paraná River Protected areas established in 1992 {{SouthAm-protected-area-stub