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unusual facts about natural park



Ivanovo Municipality

Other important sights in the municipality include the medieval Bulgarian fortress of Cherven, which reached its apogee in the 13th and 14th centuries and features a well-preserved keep from the 14th century, and the Rusenski Lom natural park.


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Adenocarpus viscosus

The species is dominant shrub at Corona Forestal Natural Park and Reserva Especial de las Palomas and can also be found in Teide National Park as well.

Baix Vinalopó

Some important natural places are the swamps in the lower part of the comarca known as El Fondo Natural Park and the Salines de Santa Pola Natural Park, both Ramsar sites.

Defileul Mureşului Superior Natural Park

The Natural Park is located in the superior course of the Mureş River, in the administrative territory of Deda, Răstolița, Lunca Bradului and Stânceni communes, in the north-eastern part of Mureș county.

Dumbrava Filei River

The Dumbrava Filei valley is a natural park for the protection of the Cypripedium calceolus (Lady's slipper orchid).

Lake Maury

After acquisition took place, the first two years were devoted to creating and improving a natural park and constructing a dam to create Lake Maury, which was named after the nineteenth-century Virginian Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury, considered the "Father of Modern Oceanography".

Mont-ras

The historic village centre sits just in the initial rise of the Gavarres hills and natural park, while the rest of the district extends across the plain to meet the Mediterranean sea at the rocky bay of El Crit just to the south of Cap Roig looking out to the Formigues Islands.

Rafflesia speciosa

It was adopted as the symbol of Sibalom Natural Park and the municipality of Sibalom.

speciosa was discovered in the mountains of Sibalom Natural Park (particularly Mount Porras) in Antique, Panay by members of an outdoor club.

Romeria

Another one of the most representative examples is the Romería of the Virgen de la Cabeza (Andújar, Jaén), which is considered the oldest Romería of Spain, and consists of the displacement of the travellers coming from all over the country to the Sanctuary of the Virgen de la Cabeza, through 33 km of Andújar, in the heart of Sierra de Andujar natural park.

Sorpe Dam

The Sorpe Dam is situated to the north of the Homert natural park, south-west of the city of Arnsberg in an area belonging to the borough of Sundern (Sauerland) between the villages of Langscheid (at the dam) and Amecke.

Wadi Dhaiqah

As many as 120 other wadis lead to this valley, which contains a natural park extending from Wilayat Dima W'attayyeen in the Sharqiyah region to the Wilayat of Qurayyat in the Governorate of Muscat.