Chagres National Park is one of the largest national parks in Panama with approximately 130,000 hectares. It covers the most important hydrographic regions of the Panama Canal watershed including the Chagres, Pequeni and Boqueron rivers, which provide water to the Panama canal operations and potable water for the cities of Panama and Colon.

The Chagres park was created by decree in 1985 as part the protection program for the hydrographic basin of the Panama Canal. It possesses a variety of life zones including the tropical montane rain forest, rain forest, tropical premontane and tropical rain forest.

Because of variation in soil and elevation, Chagres National Park contains an enormous diversity of plants, with many endemic and South American species.

A view at Madden Dam

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