Doñana National Park (Parque Nacional de Doñana), also called Coto de Doñana, is a national park and wildlife refuge in southwestern Spain. This article is about national parks. ... A Wildlife refuge is a geographic territory within which wildlife is protected. ... The Kingdom of Spain or Spain (Spanish and Galician: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. ...

It is located in Andalusia, in the provinces of Huelva and Sevilla, and covers 507 km², of which 135 km² are a protected area. It is Spain's largest national park. For other uses, see Andalusia (disambiguation). ... Huelva is a province of southern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. ... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Andalusia | Provinces of Spain ...

The park, whose biodiversity is unique in Europe, contains a great variety of ecosystems and shelters wildlife including thousands of European and African migratory birds, and endangered species such as the Spanish Imperial Eagle and Iberian Lynx. Biodiversity or biological diversity is a neologism and a portmanteau word, from bio and diversity. ... World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... In ecology, an ecosystem is a community of organisms (plant, animal and other living organisms - also referred as biocenose) together with their environment (or biotope), functioning as a unit. ... Orders Many - see section below. ... Binomial name Aquila heliaca Savigny, 1809 The Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca) is very similar to the Golden Eagle, but a little smaller (length 80 cm, wingspan 200 cm). ... Binomial name Lynx pardinus (Temminck, 1827) The Spanish Lynx (Lynx pardinus, sometimes Felis pardina) or Iberian Lynx is sometimes classified as a subspecies of the Eurasian Lynx, but most authorities regard it as a separate species. ...

The park and its highly sensitive ecology were threatened in 1998 by a massive spill of metallic waste from a mine reservoir into the Guadiamar River, which flows through the park; however, the spill was diverted into the Guadalquivir River, reprieving the park. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Guadalquivir is one of the major rivers of Spain. ...

See List of Spanish national parks. This is a list of the national parks of Spain. ...

Further Reading

• Doñana, Spain's Wildlife Wilderness, Juan Antonio Fernández, Taplinger Publishing Company, New York, 1974, hardcover, 253 pages, ISBN 0-8008-8324-1

External Links

• http://www.andalucia.com/environment/protect/donana.htm
• Parque Nacional de Doñana (Spanish Environment Ministry) (http://www.mma.es/parques/lared/donana/index.htm) (in Spanish)
• Map of the park (http://www.mma.es/parques/lared/donana/imagenes/Donana.jpg)
• CNN report on the 1998 spill (http://edition.cnn.com/EARTH/9804/28/spain.spill.ap/)