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The Rosario and San Bernardo Corals National Natural Park ((スペイン語:Parque Nacional Natural Corales del Rosario y San Bernardo)) is a natural park located in the Sucre and Bolívar Departments on the coast of the Caribbean Region of Colombia, 45 km from the Bay of Cartagena. It was the most visited national park in Colombia in 2009, with 318,473 visitors. Most of the park is underwater and it mainly protects marine ecosystems, including coral reefs living on depths ranging from one to 30 meters.〔 ==General== It is Colombia's only underwater park, and one of three national parks in the Colombian Caribbean with coral reefs on its territories, the other two being Tayrona and Old Providence McBean Lagoon. It was established in 1977 to protect the coral reef on one of the islands in the Islas del Rosario archipelago, originally extending . In 1988, an area of was incorporated, and finally in 1996 the park was expanded to the present area, , including Archipelago of San Bernardo. The park is molded by the Caribbean and Panama currents, as well as freshwater from Canal del Dique. Sediments brought from Magdalena River by the channel is having a negative effect of the park, as it deteriorates the reef.〔 There are no bodies of freshwater in the park, but there is brackish water in some of the lagoons on the islands.〔 Average yearly temperature is 27–30°C.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rosario and San Bernardo Corals National Natural Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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