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
View of a Magellanic lenga forest close to the tree line in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
Ecoregion territory (in purple)
Ecology
RealmNeotropical
Biometemperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Borders
Geography
Area150,500 km2 (58,100 sq mi)
Countries
Conservation
Protected69,938 km² (46%)
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