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[[Image:German_Bight.jpg|right|thumb|Satellite view of the German Bight and the Wadden Sea]]
The '''Wadden Sea National Parks''' in [[Denmark]], [[Germany]] and the [[Netherlands]] are located along the [[German Bight]] of the [[North Sea]]. In Germany and Denmark they also mark the area of the [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]] of the [[Wadden Sea]]. Divided from each other by administrative borders, they form a single ecological entity. The purpose of the [[national park]]s is the protection of the Wadden Sea ecoregion.

== Denmark ==
* [[Wadden Sea National Park, Denmark|Wadden Sea National Park (Nationalpark Vadehavet)]], from [[Blåvandshuk]] to [[Rudbøl]] in [[Denmark]]

== Germany ==
* [[Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park]], comprising the west coast of [[Schleswig-Holstein]] and the [[North Frisian Islands]]
* [[Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park]], extending from the mouth of the [[Elbe]] to the tiny islands of [[Neuwerk]] and [[Scharhörn]], part of [[Hamburg]]
* [[Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park]], comprising the northern coast of [[Lower Saxony]] and including the [[East Frisian Islands]]

== Netherlands ==
* [[Lauwersmeer National Park]] consists of the southern and eastern parts of the [[Lauwersmeer]] in the [[Netherlands]]
* [[Schiermonnikoog National Park]] covers the majority of the island [[Schiermonnikoog]]
* [[Dunes of Texel National Park]] is located on the Dutch island of [[Texel]] and includes dune systems.

== Gallery ==
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File:Pilsumer Watt from the Leyhörn 2.jpg|The mudflats of the ''Pilsumer Watt'' near [[Greetsiel]], Germany
File:Greetsieler Nacken and Leyhörn Dyke.jpg|The mudflats of the ''Greetsieler Nacken'' along the western side of the Leyhörn near Greetsiel
File:Sandbänke, Nationalpark Niedersächsischen Wattenmeer (2019).jpg|[[Shoal]]s at Mudflats of [[Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park]]
</gallery>

== See also ==
*[https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1314/ Wadden Sea / UNESCO Official Website] 
*[[Wadden Sea]]

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[[Category:National parks of Denmark|*]]
[[Category:National parks of Germany|*]]
[[Category:National parks of the Netherlands|*]]
[[Category:Protected areas of Hamburg]]
[[Category:Protected areas of Lower Saxony]]
[[Category:Protected areas of Schleswig-Holstein]]
[[Category:Ramsar sites in Germany]]
[[Category:Ramsar sites in Denmark]]
[[Category:Ramsar sites in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Marine reserves]]
[[Category:Transboundary protected areas]]
[[Category:Wadden Sea]]



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