Altos de Lircay National Reserve

Altos de Lircay National Reserve
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Panoramic
Map of Chile
Location	Talca Province, Maule Region, Chile
Nearest city	San Clemente
Coordinates	35°35′24″S 70°56′13″W[1]
Area	121.63 km^2 (46.96 sq mi)
Established	1996
Governing body	Corporación Nacional Forestal

Access road to Altos de Lircay.

Altos de Lircay National Reserve is a 121.63 km² (46.96 sq mi)^[1] nature reserve located in Talca Province, Maule Region, Chile. It lies in a pre-Andean area close to Radal Siete Tazas National Park, as well as Descabezado Grande and Cerro Azul volcanoes.

The reserve is home to a significant variety of wildlife including rare and threatened animals such as the Tricahue parrot,^[2] Molina's hog-nosed skunk and plants such as the ciprés de la cordillera and roble Maulino. In the area can be found seven of the ten species of the genus Nothofagus occurring in Chile.

There are three major rivers in the reserve, the Lircay that is a tributary of the Claro River, the Claro that flows north to south through the reserve, and the Blanquillo that joins the latter river in the reserve.^[3]

References

1. "Altos Del Lircay National Reserve". protectedplanet.net. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
2. "Anacondaweb - Servicio Suspendido".
3. "Reserva Nacional Altos de Lircay" (in Spanish). CONAF. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved August 14, 2012.

• (in Spanish) Supreme Decree 59, 1996, Ministry of Agriculture of Chile