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Doñana National Park (Spanish : ), also called Coto de Doñana , is a national park and wildlife refuge in southwestern Spain .
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.
The park, whose biodiversity is unique in Europe , contains a great variety of ecosystem s and shelters wildlife including thousands of European and African migratory bird s, fallow deer , Spanish red deer , wild boar , European badger , Egyptian mongoose , and endangered species such as the Spanish Imperial Eagle and Iberian Lynx .
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.
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Further reading
Doñana, Spain's Wildlife Wilderness , Juan Antonio Fernández, Taplinger Publishing Company, New York, 1974, hardcover, 253 pages, ISBN 0 -8008-8324-1External links
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