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The Hortobágy National Park
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22 placemarks with illustration pics and links to descriptions for all subareas.
gratis: map of the NP

Size of protected area: Out of 80.700 hectare protected area, 1021 hectares are protected to a greater extent.
Location: The national park is comprised of a larger continuous block and of smaller annexed parts. The majority of its territory fits into the rectangle surrounded by Püspökladány, Balmazújváros, Tiszacsege and Etyek.
Visiting: Certain parts of the national park can be visited without restrictions, others only seasonally. Also, there are some highly protected areas that cannot be visited by the public. Grading of areas is subject to change, more information is provided at the center of the national park and on exhibitions sites.

Hortobágyi nine-hole bridge
and another one: Zádor Bridge

The Hortobágy National Park – established in 1973 – is the first and so far the largest national park in Hungary. Contrary to what is generally believed, its area is not merely confined to the territory of the geographical, ecological area of the Hortobágy – especially as a result of annexations of recent years – it is much more extensive. On the basis of comprehensive research, the most valuable and still traceable natural landscape terasures of the Alföld (plain) were explored and placed under protection with comparative success. Namely the alkaline steppes and grassy loess steppes still preserving their original appearance at some places, the alkali steppe oak woods, lakes, the remains of the once several hundred square km swampy marsh areas and the gallery forests along the river Tisza.

Everything about hungarian NPs and all subareas at foek.hu pages

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Edited by syzygy (11/20/08 06:18 AM)

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