This
area is located in the northeast of the Province,
and it occupies the region of influence of the Mar
Chiquita Lake or Ansenuza Sea (in aboriginal
language), which is a huge salty water lake of approximately
6,000 km2, with a plain -subject to floods- and
the Río Dulce's Marshlands, which
stretch to the north, covering on the whole approximately
10,000 km2.
This
is a depressed plain located in the "Chaqueño"
Plain (one of the main geographic regions in which
Argentina is divided) where the Suquía,
(ex Primero), Xanáes (ex Segundo) and Petri
or Dulce rivers converge.
The latter, coming from Santiago del Estero, forms
a wide flooded valley where small islands, wide streams
and areas of marshland intermingle.
The basic offer of the area is the environmental diversity
(humid lands, high shores, low shores, plains) which encourages
the presence of an abundant and varied fauna, and it is
worth mentioning the fact that 25% of the bird species
in the country can be found in this area. The vegetation
belongs to that of the "Chaqueño"
woodland eastern region, but there are also salty
environments as well as lakes and marshlands.
Due to these characteristics, the area has been declared
Provincial Natural Reserve and it belongs to the Hemispheric
Network of Waterfowl Reserves. By taking advantage of
the salty water natural resource, internationally known
due to its therapeutic properties, as well as the mildness
of the climate, the environmental value and the creation
of the Natural Reserve, this area has become a centre
of marked tourist flow which has gradually turned Miramar
into a well-equipped tourist centre.
Natural resources, balneology, recreation (interpretation
circuits, fauna watching, nautical activities, fishing,
beaches) and productive activities (such as the fur industry
and farming production), have turned Mar Chiquita area
into a special tourist destination.
