Danube-Ipoly National Park is one of the most diverse

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s 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. Floodplains stretch from the banks of a river channel to the base of the enclosing valley, and experience flooding during periods of high Discharge (hydrolog ...

of the River Ipoly. This park encompasses areas in

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

, Pest County, Komárom-Esztergom County and

Fejér County Fejér (, ) is an administrative county 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 Veszprém, Komárom-Esztergom County ...

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

Esztergom Esztergom (; ; or ; , known by Names of European cities in different languages: E–H#E, alternative names) is a city with county rights in northern Hungary, northwest of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom County, on the righ ...

. 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