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Prespes National Park

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Prespes National Park, established in 1974, safeguards lake and forest ecosystems on Greece's border with Albania. Its core zone covers approximately 51.02 square kilometers. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification
Realm
Terrestrial 1
Established Year
1999 2
Sources
1. Prespa National Park (Greece) (Wikipedia)
Introduction
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Prespa National Park (Greek: Εθνικός Δρυμός Πρεσπών) is a national park in the Western Macedonia region of Greece. It is one of the national parks surrounding Lake Prespa, encompassing the area around the southeastern part of the lake within Greece, including Small Prespa Lake. As a wetland area, the park is designated as a Ramsar site.
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2. OpenStreetMap: OpenStreetMap Nominatim place record
OpenStreetMapextratags: start_date
Quote, extratags: start_date
"start_date": "1999"
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Ramsar Sites Information Service: Lake Mikri Prespa
Ramsar Sites Information ServicePart Of: Greece, Site header
Quote, Part Of: Greece, Site header
Country: Greece
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CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): CIA World Factbook: Greece (factbook.json archive)
CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive)On Continent: Europe, Geography: Location
Quote, On Continent: Europe, Geography: Location
Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
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