General Juan Pablo Peñaloza National Park facts for kids

Quick facts for kids General Juan Pablo Peñaloza National Park Parque Nacional General Juan Pablo Peñaloza
IUCN Category II (National Park)
Grande Lagoon, General Juan Pablo Peñaloza National Park
General Juan Pablo Peñaloza National Park Parque Nacional General Juan Pablo Peñaloza Location in Venezuela
Location	Venezuela
Area	752 km2 (290 sq mi)
Established	January 18, 1989 (1989-01-18)

The General Juan Pablo Peñaloza National Park (Spanish: Parque nacional General Juan Pablo Peñaloza), also Páramos Batallón y La Negra National Park, is a national park of Venezuela that is formed by several páramos. Among them Batallón and La Negra, which are an important source of water supply. It is located between the states Mérida and Táchira, northwest of the Táchira Depression in the Páramos de El Batallón and La Negra in Venezuela.

The rivers Uribante, Escalante, La Grita, Mocotíes, El Molino, Torbes, Orope, Umuquena, Bobo, Pereña and Quebrada Grande and the waters that feed the Uribante-Caparo hydroelectric complex are born here.

It is a set of mountain ranges with elevations ranging from 1800 to 3942 masl at the summit of its peak El Pulpito, the highest in the Táchira state, in addition to more than 130 periglacial lagoons of various sizes. The park has a very rugged relief, with steep slopes where in some sectors the glaciers are observed. Among its largest lagoons are the lagoon of Bobo river or Babu, the Grande, Verde, Negra, large hole, Piedra, etc. among many others without officially cataloging.

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  India Caru Waterfall

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  Laguna Grande

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  Mountains

See also

In Spanish: Parque nacional General Juan Pablo Peñaloza para niños

• List of national parks of Venezuela
• Canaima National Park