Wadden Sea National Parks

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Wadden Sea National Parks

The Wadden Sea National Parks are located along the German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
coast of the North Sea

North Sea

The North Sea is a marginal sea, epeiric sea on the European continental shelf. The Dover Strait and the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north connect it to the Atlantic Ocean....
. Named after the Wadden Sea

Wadden Sea

The Wadden Sea is the name for a body of water and its associated coastal wetlands lying between a section of the coast of northwestern continental Europe and the North Sea....
, they consist of three national park

National park

A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution....
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These national parks are divided from each other for administrative reasons, but they form a single ecological entity. The purpose of the national parks is the protection of the Wadden Sea ecoregion.

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The Wadden Sea National Parks are located along the German

Germany

North Sea

Wadden Sea

National park

A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution....
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Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park, comprising the western coast of Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein is the Northern Germany of the sixteen States of Germany of Germany. Its capital city is Kiel, other notable cities are L?beck and Flensburg....
and including the North Frisian Islands
North Frisian Islands

The North Frisian Islands are a group of islands in the Wadden Sea, a part of the North Sea, off the western coast of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany....
Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park, extending from the mouth of the Elbe
Elbe

The River Elbe is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It originates in the Krkonose Mountains of northwestern Czech Republic before traversing much of Germany and flowing into the North Sea....
river to the tiny bird islands of Neuwerk
Neuwerk

Neuwerk is a Wadden Sea island on the Germany North Sea coast. It is located northwest of Cuxhaven, between the Weser and Elbe estuaries. Neuwerk belongs administratively to Hamburg, Germany, in the borough Hamburg-Mitte, even though the distance to Hamburg's center is about 120 km....
and Scharhörn, part of Hamburg
Hamburg

Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany , and is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits. The city is home to approximately 1.8 million people, while the Hamburg metropolitan area has more than 4.3 million inhabitants....
Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park, comprising the northern coast of Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony lies in northern Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen States of Germany of Germany. In rural areas Low German is still spoken, but the number of speakers is declining....
and including the East Frisian Islands
East Frisian Islands

The East Frisian Islands are a chain of islands in the North Sea, off the coast of Lower Saxony, Germany.The seven inhabited islands are, from west to east:...

These national parks are divided from each other for administrative reasons, but they form a single ecological entity. The purpose of the national parks is the protection of the Wadden Sea ecoregion.

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