Körös-Maros National Park

Körös-Maros National Park

Körös-Maros National Park is one of the 10 national parks in Hungary (area 501.34 km²), located in Békés county, in the Southern Great Plain. The park was created in 1997 for the protection of birds.

Körös-Maros National Park has a number of regions such as Kis-Sárrét swamp, Fáspuszta, Mágor-puszta or Kardoskúti Fehértó. It features a bustard reserve established in 1975.The major towns of the area are Szarvas and Dévaványa.

The alkaline Lake Fehér at Szeged is known as a "world of wild waters." The great flocks of birds that can be seen during the autumn migration season at Lake Fehér near Kardoskút. The lake is used as a resting place and nesting site by tens of thousands of plovers, cranes and wild ducks. The reserve at Dévaványa is a refuge for the great bustard, the ostrich of the Hungarian puszta.

External links

* [http://www.kmnp.hu/ Körös-Maros Nemzeti Park]


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