Danube-Ipoly National Park is one of the most diverse national parks in

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Background

In 1997, the park was created from Pilis and Börzsöny national parks, with the addition of part of the

floodplain A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls, and which experiences flooding during periods of high discharge.Goudi ...

of the River Ipoly. This park encompasses areas in

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

, Pest County,

Komárom-Esztergom County Komárom-Esztergom ( hu, Komárom-Esztergom megye, ; german: Komitat Komorn-Gran; sk, Komárňansko-ostrihomská župa) is an administrative Hungarian county in Central Transdanubia Region; its shares its northern border the Danube with Slova ...

and

Fejér County Fejér ( hu, Fejér megye, ) is an administrative county ( comitatus or megye) in Central Hungary. It lies on the west bank of the river Danube and nearly touches the eastern shore of Lake Balaton. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties ...

. Its offices are in Budapest and in the Jókai garden (Budapest XII), and its headquarters are in

Esztergom Esztergom ( ; german: Gran; la, Solva or ; sk, Ostrihom, known by alternative names) is a city with county rights in northern Hungary, northwest of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom County, on the right bank of the river Dan ...

. Some species – both flora and fauna – have their sole habitat in this park, and there is a programme to save these rare and endangered species.

References

External links

* Esztergom National parks of Hungary Geography of Komárom-Esztergom County Tourist attractions in Komárom-Esztergom County Geography of Pest County Tourist attractions in Pest County Geography of Fejér County Tourist attractions in Fejér County Geography of Budapest Tourist attractions in Budapest Protected areas established in 1997 1997 establishments in Hungary {{Hungary-geo-stub