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De Groote Peel National Park

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in the marshy landscape. Around the mid-20th century, ridges of trees were planted. The damp and quiet nature make the area attractive to birds. De Groote Peel is one of the richest bird areas in Western Europe. The area has a special vegetation of many rare species. It has been made accessible to visitors through the construction of raised trackways over the extensive swamp areas.
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bogs that remains uncultivated. De Groote Peel offers a varied landscape of inaccessible peat swamp, lakes, open moorland areas, plains and sand ridges with purple moor. The current landscape of the Groote Peel was created by the excavation of peat. This excavation at some places created large lakes
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There is a 3 km-long route guided by red poles with a tower that provides visitors with a view of the wasteland. Care must be taken if leaving the assigned route. The swamps can be treacherous.
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bog that has remained partly untouched by peat cutting, which used to be extensive in the area.
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ridges. The present swamp and some of the lakes were created by the cutting of peat.
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National Park in the Peel, a region in the Southeast of the Netherlands
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in October/November. The terrain is varied with inaccessible peat
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De Groote Peel National Park is one of the last, largely
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Groote Peel
IUCN category
national park

Map of the National Park
North Brabant
Limburg
Netherlands
51°21′N 5°49′E / 51.350°N 5.817°E / 51.350; 5.817
www.nationaal-parkdegrootepeel.nl
Ramsar Wetland
national park
De Peel
Netherlands
Limburg
North Brabant
peat
Western Europe
black-necked grebes
common cranes
swamps
lakes
heath land
sand

birch
heath
raised
"Groote Peel"
Ramsar

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