National Parks
WorldCulturalPhysical EnvironmentLocations of terrestrial and marine protected areas
Protected PlanetA world map shows national parks highlighted in green.
In North America, national parks are scattered across northern and western Canada, Canada’s Arctic islands, and eastern Canada’s Great Lakes region, Saint Lawrence River Valley, and Maritime Provinces. In the United States, larger national parks are mainly in Alaska and the western states, with a few sizeable parks in the East, including Florida and the Appalachians. Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean have smaller national parks. Most of northeastern Greenland is a national park. In South America, national parks are concentrated in the Amazon basin and in the Patagonian Andes and Tierra del Fuego in the south. In Europe, parks are widely distributed from Iceland to Russia, including the UK, Norway, the Alps, Spain, and southeastern Europe. North Africa and the Sahara have few parks, with some in Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Western Sahara, and coastal Mauritania. Sub-Saharan Africa has parks scattered across West, East, and southern Africa, with the largest parks in East Africa along the Great Rift Valley to southern Africa. Madagascar has small parks. Southwest and Central Asia have few parks, with some in Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan. South Asia’s parks run along the Himalayas from Pakistan to Bhutan, with small parks in India and Sri Lanka. In Southeast Asia, Thailand and Indonesia have numerous parks, while other countries have fewer. East Asia shows parks in South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan, but none in China, North Korea, or Mongolia. Oceania features numerous parks in Australia and New Zealand, mainly on New Zealand’s South Island.
Akagera | Alberto De Agostini | Alto Purús | Altos de Nsork | Andros Blue Holes National Park | Andros West Side National Park | Armando Bermúdez | Badingilo | Bamingui-Bangoran | Bernardo O'Higgins | Black River Gorges | Blue and John Crow Mountains | Boma | Boucle de la Pendjari | Bredhi i Hotoves-Dangelli | Cairngorms | Canaima | Cayambe Coca | Chagres | Chiquibul | Chobe | Christmas Island | Ciénaga de Zapata | Codrington Lagoon | Comoe National Park | Conkouati-Douli | Cordillera Azul | Dakhla | Darién | Defensores del Chaco | Digya | Dilijan | El-Gelf El-Keber | Ethniko Parko Pindou | Etosha | Fazao-Malfakassa | Fiordland | Galápagos | Gaujas nacionālais parks | Gemsbok | Gola Forest National Park | Gonarezhou | Guadeloupe [aire d'adhésion] | Guadeloupe | Guyane (parc amazonien) [aire d'adhésion] | Guyane (parc amazonien) | Hlane Royal National Park | Hwange | Inagua National Park | Internacional La Amistad | Isiboro Securé | Ivindo | Jaragua | Jbil | Jigme Dorji | Jigme Singye Wangchuck | José del Carmen Ramírez | Kafue | Kahurangi | Kasungu | Kibira | Kruger National Park | Laguna del Tigre | Laguna San Rafael | Lahemaa rahvuspark | Lemmenjoen kansallispuisto | Limpopo | Lopé | Lorentz | Los Haitises | Madidi | Manovo-Gounda-Saint Floris | Manu | Minkebe | Mirador - Río Azul | Mole | Monte Alén | Morne Trois Pitons | Moukalaba doudou | Mount Aspiring | Murchison Falls | Namib-Naukluft | National Park Cameia | National Park Iona | Nationalparken i Nord- og Østgrønland | Nino Konis Santana | Niokolo Koba | Nizke Tatry | Noel Kempff Mercado | Nordvest-Spitsbergen nasjonalpark | Nouabalé-Ndoki | Ntokou-Pikounda | Nyika | Nyungwe | Odzala Kokoua | Oti-Kéran | Outamba | Parc national du Ruvubu | Parima-Tapirapecó | Patuca | Perifereiaki zoni C Ethnikou Parkou ygrotopon ton limnon Koroneias - Volvis kai ton Makedonikon Tempon | Pico de Basilé | Pshav-Khevsureti | Quttinirpaaq National Park of Canada | Réunion [aire d'adhésion] | Réunion | Río Plátano | Royal Manas | Ruaha National Park | Saba | Sangay | Sanghr Jabbess | Sapo National Park | Serengeti National Park | Serrania De Chiribiquete | Serranía de la Neblina | Sevan | Shahdagh National Park | Shei-pa | Shey-Phoksundo | Sierra de Bahoruco | Sierra del Divisor | Sierra del Lacandón | Skeleton Coast Park | Sør-Spitsbergen nasjonalpark | South Luangwa | Southern | Taï National Park | Tajik National Park | Taman Negara | Tapantí-Macizo Cerro la Muerte | Taroko | Tasek Merimbun | Tatransky | Thrumshingla | Triglavski narodni park | Tsau // Khaeb (Sperrgebiet) | Tsavo East | Tsavo West | Ugam-Chatkal | Ulu Temburong | Valle Nuevo | Vatnajokulsthjodgardur | Virachey | Virgin Islands | W (Benin) | Wangchuck Centennial Park | Wilpattu | Yala Block (1-5)(Ruhuna) | Yasuní | Yushan | Zangazur National Park | Class | Rank | Value | Value | |
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7.36% | 4.54% | 1.63% | 1.38% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.04% | 21.7% | 1.60% | 4.89% | 2.48% | 4.76% | 5.86% | 1.42% | 1.57% | 1.17% | 7.90% | 2.74% | 2.32% | 1.82% | 7.76% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16.4% | 1.35% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2.20% | 2.41% | 2.61% | 2.78% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.20% | 1.01% | 4.90% | 1.02% | 1.03% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.28% | 2.00% | 1.12% | 1.47% | 1.50% | 2.26% | 1.29% | 1.00% | 1.58% | 1.96% | 1.32% | 2.27% | 1.53% | 4.06% | 12.8% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.37% | 55.3% | 10.9% | 51.0% | 17.8% | 38.3% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.22% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10.9% | 4.32% | 2.53% | 2.26% | 12.1% | 1.96% | 1.48% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.14% | 4.02% | 1.38% | 2.65% | 8.07% | 1.68% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2.38% | 5.08% | 1.11% | 1.75% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4.08% | 2.64% | 1.43% | 1.82% | 3.17% | 2.39% | 1.77% | 3.65% | 1.03% | 1.20% | 2.73% | 3.81% | 4.58% | 1.03% | 1.24% | 1.13% | 3.79% | 1.14% | 2.99% | 2.39% | 1.27% | 1.43% | 1.39% | 1.90% | 3.05% | 2.88% | 1.88% | 7.23% | 1.72% | 1.85% | 6.25% | 1.14% | 1.23% | 4.17% | 1.18% | 1.23% | 3.13% | 4.13% | 3.91% | 2.13% | 1.01% | 1.82% | 1.18% | 1.62% | 1.62% | 1.43% | 1.99% | 1.19% | 3.09% | 1.33% | 2.73% | 2.28% | 1.19% | 5.00% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.74% | 1.93% | 5.49% | 3.31% | 1.60% | 1.70% | 4.61% | 1.05% | 7.07% | 1.77% | 2.73% | 15.7% | 23.8% | 3.68% | 1.19% | 2.67% | 2.63% | 1.17% | 1.32% | 1.07% | 1.44% | 3.88% | 3.14% | 7.13% | 1.91% | 2.45% | 1.14% | 1.01% | 1.71% | 1.05% | 4.01% |