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List of national parks

List of national parks

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This is a list of the number of national parks per nation, as defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Nearly 100 countries around the world have lands classified as a national park by this definition.

Yellowstone National Park in the United States was the first national park in the world.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the United States is the most visited national park in the world.

Note that this article links to list articles of national parks by country on Wikipedia in the "Country" column in the tables.

Africa

Mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
Oryx in the Awash National Park, Ethiopia
Namib-Naukluft National Park in Namibia
Landscape of Serengeti National Park in Tanzania
See also: List of national parks in Africa
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Asia

Lake Band-e-Amir the national park of Afghanistan.
Valley of Flowers National Park, Uttarakhand, India
Baltoro Glacier in Central Karakoram National Park, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan
View of Cappadocia landscape in Turkey
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Europe

Rondane National Park, Norway
A wisent in the Białowieża Forest, Poland
A Welsh Mountain Pony in the Brecon Beacons National Park (Bannau Brycheiniog), United Kingdom
A sunset over the lakes in Mljet National Park in Croatia
Borjomi National Park, Georgia
Popradské pleso in Tatra National Park, Slovakia.
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By region

North and Central America

Sunset at Wotans Throne in Grand Canyon National Park, United States.
Auyuittuq National Park, Canada
Basaseachic Falls National Park, Mexico
Half Dome at Yosemite National Park, United States
Bedrock outcrops at Cuyahoga Valley National Park, United States
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South America

Iguazu Falls, is located on both Iguazú National Park, Argentina, and Iguaçu National Park, Brazil it is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.
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French Guiana: see France

Oceania

Twelve Apostles in Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia.
The Hooker Valley Track in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand.

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Hawaii: see United States
Easter Island: see Chile

See also

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Refers to mainland Denmark only (part in Europe). For Greenland, see Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland's only national park, which was established in 1974 and is the world's largest at 971,000 km² (44.8% of Greenland's area).
  2. [N 2]
    Includes overseas departments (outside Europe) where there are three national parks: the 33,900 km² Guiana Amazonian Park in French Guiana, 1,054 km² Réunion National Park in Réunion and 173 km² Guadeloupe National Park in Guadeloupe.

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