Jaragua National Park occupies the southern portion of the procurrent of Barahona in the southwest region of the country, including in its territorial demarcation the Beata and Alto Velo Islands, as well as the cays called Los Frailes and Piedra Negra. The marine-terrestrial protected area is the largest area of the Dominican Republic with about 1,543 km2 of surface between marine, insular, estuarian, lake and terrestrial areas.
The marine area of the park covers 900 km2 of surface. The Park presents a low elevation area where the relief is smooth. The protected area has two large topographic formations. One group the flat coastal strips at sea level (wetlands on the southwest coast with about 20 km in length that includes the Bucan de Base lagoons and the salt water pools and the lagoons of Oviedo and Rabiza). The permanent lagoons in this strip they are Puerto en Medio (Trudille), Manuel Matos, Salada and Salado de Bucan de Base. Other temporary lagoons are the Salado de Cotinilla that only has water during the rainy season.
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