Magellanic subpolar forests
The Magellanic subpolar forests (Spanish: Bosque Subpolar Magallánico) are a terrestrial ecoregion of southernmost South America, covering parts of southern Chile and Argentina, and are part of the Neotropical realm. It is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion, and contains the world's southernmost forests.
Magellanic subpolar forests | |
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Ecoregion territory (in purple) | |
Ecology | |
Realm | Neotropical |
Biome | temperate broadleaf and mixed forests |
Borders | |
Geography | |
Area | 150,500 km2 (58,100 sq mi) |
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Conservation | |
Protected | 69,938 km² (46%) |
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