Divjakë-Karavasta National Park | |
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Location | Fier and Tirana, Albania |
Nearest city | |
Coordinates | 40°59′29″N 19°29′58″E / 40.99139°N 19.49944°E |
Area | 22,230.24 ha (222.3024 km2) |
Designation | National park |
Established | 19 October 2007 |
Governing body | Agjencia Kombëtare e Zonave të Mbrojtura |
Divjakë-Karavasta National Park (Albanian: Parku Kombëtar Divjakë-Karavasta) is a national park in western Albania established on 19 October 2007. Defined in a territory of 222.3 km2 (86 sq mi), the park extends across the plain of Myzeqe within the basin of the Mediterranean immediately along the Adriatic Sea. It comprises the lagoon of Karavasta, the estuaries of Seman and Shkumbin, and the region's diverse environment of floodplains, forests, woodlands, meadows, reed beds, salt marshes and wetlands.