Laguna Oca y Herraduras del Río Paraguay Biosphere Reserve

UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, inscribed 2001, in Argentina. The Laguna Oca del Río Paraguay Biosphere Reserve is located in Formosa Province in northern Argentina. The natural vegetation of the reserve comprises gallery forests, wetlands and savannas along the meanders and oxbow lakes of the Paraguay River. The gallery forests are densely structured, present high biodiversity and have abundant epiphytes, lianas and orchids.