Doñana National Park
Doñana National Park is a natural reserve in southern Spain. It is in Andalusia, in the provinces of Huelva and Seville. It is in Las Marismas, where the Guadalquivir River flows into the Atlantic Ocean. The park covers 543 square kilometres (209.65 sq mi). Of that area, 135 square kilometres (52.12 square miles) are protected. The park has marshes, shallow streams, and sand dunes. It was named as a nature reserve in 1969. The World Wildlife Fund and the Spanish government bought a section of marshes to protect it.[2] The eco-system has been in danger from draining the marshes, using river water to irrigate land along the coast, and making tourist facilities bigger. The park is named after Doña Ana de Silva y Mendoza, the wife of Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia.
| Doñana National Park | |
|---|---|
IUCN Category II (National Park) | |
 Marshes of Doñana in Huelva province | |
| Location | Huelva, Seville and Cádiz provinces - Andalusia, Spain |
| Area | 543 km2 (209.65 sq mi) |
| Visitors | 392,958 (in 2007) |
| Type | Natural |
| Criteria | vii, ix, x |
| Designated | 1994 (18th session) |
| Reference no. | 685 |
| State Party | Spain |
| Region | Europe and North America |
| Extensions | 2005 |
Invalid designation | |
| Designated | May 4, 1982 [1] |
Doñana National Park was one of 100 finalists for the 12 Treasures of Spain in 2007.[3]
Doñana National Park Media
Doñana - Aerial view of Doñana National Park and surrounding areas
Banks of the River Guadalquivir in Doñana National Park
View of Doñana National Park from visitors' centre at El Acebuche
El Acebuche, Centro de visitantes del Parque Nacional de Doñana.
Donana Dünen
Ardea purpurea, Oued Massa National Park, Morocco
Iberian lynx, an emblematic species of the park
Pinar de la Algaida en Sanlúcar de Barrameda
Polo químico de Huelva (España)
Rice field in Las Marismas, near Isla Mayor
References
- ↑ "Ramsar List". Ramsar.org. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ↑ WWF (April 2011). "For a living planet" (PDF). Gland, Switzerland: WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature (formerly World Wildlife Fund). pp. 18–19. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 21, 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ↑ "Lista de 100 finalistas de Nuestros 12 Tesoros de España". Sobreturismo.es. 2007-11-27. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
Other websites
Media related to Doñana National Park at Wikimedia Commons
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