List of National Geoparks
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This list includes areas designated as 'Geopark' on the national level. Note that this should not be confused with members of either the European Geoparks Network[1] or the UNESCO-assisted Global Geoparks Network.[2]
[edit] Australia
[edit] Austria
[edit] Brazil
[edit] Bulgaria
- Geopark Iskar-Panega- the first of its kind in Bulgaria.
[edit] China
Main article: National Geoparks of China
[edit] Croatia
[edit] Czech Republic
[edit] France
- Parc Naturel Régional du Luberon
- Réserve Géologique de Haute Provence
- Parc Naturel Régional du Massif des Bauges
[edit] Greece
[edit] Germany
- Bergstrasse - Odenwald Geopark
- Harz - Brunswick Land - Eastphalia National Geopark
- Swabian Jura Geopark
- Mecklenburg Ice Age Landscape Park
- Muskau Arch Geopark (transnational - shared with Poland)
- TERRA.vita Nature Park
- Vulkaneifel Geopark
[edit] Hungary
- Novohrad - Nograd Geopark (transnational Geopark shared with Slovakia)
[edit] Iran
- Qeshm Geopark - Hara forests
[edit] Italy
[edit] Japan
[edit] Malaysia
[edit] Norway
[edit] Poland
- Muskau Arch Geopark (transnational - shared with Germany)
[edit] Portugal
[edit] Republic of Ireland
[edit] Romania
[edit] Slovakia
- Novohrad - Nograd Geopark (transnational Geopark also extends into Hungary)
[edit] Spain
[edit] United Kingdom
[edit] England
- Abberley and Malvern Hills Geopark
- Cotswold Hills Geopark (proposed (Dec 2011))
- English Riviera Geopark
- North Pennines AONB Geopark
[edit] Northern Ireland
- Marble Arch Caves Global Geopark (extends into Republic of Ireland)
[edit] Scotland
[edit] Wales
- Fforest Fawr Geopark
- GeoMon (Isle of Anglesey Geopark)
[edit] United States
[edit] Arizona
[edit] California
- Alabama Hills Recreation Area [4]
- Castle Crags State Park
- Devil's Punchbowl County Natural Area Park [5]
- Joshua Tree National Park [6]
- Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area [7]
- Vasquez Rocks Natural Area and Nature Center [8]
[edit] South Dakota
[edit] Utah
- Arches National Park
- Bryce Canyon National Park
- Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park
- Natural Bridges National Monument
- Zion National Park
[edit] Vietnam
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.europeangeoparks.org
- ^ http://www.globalgeopark.org/publish/portal1/
- ^ Delight as Shetland’s remarkable rocks recognised with Geopark status, Shetland Times, 15 September 2009
- ^ http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/bishop/scenic_byways/alabamas.html blm.gov/ca. Alabama Hills Recreation Area. access date: 5/22/2010.
- ^ http://www.devils-punchbowl.com/index.html
- ^ ttp://www.geotimes.org/mar07/article.html?id=Travels0307.html Geotimes: Joshua Tree National Park: A Geologic Oasis. access date: 5/22/2010.
- ^ http://www.redrockcanyonlv.org/ redrockcanyonlv.org. Red Rock Canyon Interpretive Association. access date: 5/22/2010.
- ^ http://parks.lacounty.info/Parkinfo.asp? URL=cms1_033383.asp&Title=Vasquez parks.lacounty.info. Vasquez Rocks Natural Area and Nature Center. access date: 5/22/2010.
- ^ http://www.nps.gov/badl/naturescience/index.htm nps.gov. Badlands National Park; Nature & Science. access date: 5/22/2010.
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