Körös-Maros National Park is one of the 10 national parks in

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(area 501.34 km²), located in

Békés county Békés (, , ro, Județul Bichiș) is an administrative division (county or ''megye'') in south-eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Csongrád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Hajdú-Bihar. The ...

, in the

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. The park was created in 1997 for the protection of birds. Körös-Maros National Park has a number of regions such as Kis-Sárrét swamp, Fáspuszta, Mágor-puszta or Kardoskúti Fehértó. It features a

bustard Bustards, including floricans and korhaans, are large, terrestrial birds living mainly in dry grassland areas and on the steppes of the Old World. They range in length from . They make up the family Otididae (, formerly known as Otidae). Bustar ...

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established in 1975. The major towns of the area are Szarvas and

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. The great flocks of birds that can be seen during the autumn migration season at Lake Fehér near Kardoskút. The lake is used as a resting place and nesting site by tens of thousands of

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, cranes and wild ducks. The reserve at

is a refuge for the great

, the ostrich of the Hungarian puszta.

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Körös-Maros Nemzeti Park
National parks of Hungary Protected areas established in 1997 Geography of Békés County Tourist attractions in Békés County 1997 establishments in Hungary {{Hungary-geo-stub