The document describes 14 different national parks located throughout Spain. They range greatly in size and location, protecting diverse ecosystems from mountain ranges like the Picos de Europa to wetlands like Tablas de Daimiel. The parks showcase Spain's biological and geological wealth, preserving areas like the volcanic landscape of Timanfaya on Lanzarote and the laurel forest of Garajonay on La Gomera.

2. Picos de Europa:
The Picos de Europa is a range of mountains 20 km
inland from the northern coast of Spain, located in the
Autonomous Communities
of Asturias, Cantabria and Castile and León, forming part
of the Cantabrian Mountains. The most widely accepted
origin for the name is that they were the first sight of
Europe for ships arriving from the Americas.

3. Ordesa y monte
perdido:
Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park is an IUCN Category II National
Park situated in the Pyrenees of Huesca province, Aragon, Spain. There has
been a National Park in the Ordesa Valley since 1918. Its protected area
was enlarged in 1982 to cover the whole region amounting to 156.08 km².
It has been included since 1997 by UNESCO in the Biosphere Reserve of
Ordesa-Viñamala. In the same year it was included in the cross-border
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu World Heritage Site.

4. Archipelago de Cabrera:
A little over an hour by
boat from Mallorca,
Archipelago de Cabrera is
the best example of
undisturbed island
ecosystems of the
Spanish Mediterranean.
Since 1991, the National
Park Shoreline blanket all
the natural wealth of this
group of limestone
islands and islets:
important seabird
colonies, endemic
species and one of the
best preserved seabed of
our coastline.

5. Marítimo Terrestre de las Islas Atlanticas
de Galicia:
From Arosa estuary of Vigo
to these islands are
linked, emerging from the
ocean and beautifying the
seascape with the magic
of its cliffs. In his gut, deep
sea, saved the most
precious ecological
treasures of this park,
guarded by the guns of the
ancient sunken ship here.

6. Monfragüe :
Monfragüe is a region of Extremadura, western Spain,
which contains the most recently designated of the
country's fourteen National Parks (Spanish: Parque
Nacional Monfragüe). From 1979 the area was protected
as a natural park. The park is north of Trujillo and runs
from east to west along the valley of the River Tajo.

7. Doñana :
Doñana is a Spanish nature reserve located in Andalusia has 104,970
ha. The park is an area of marsh, shallow streams, and sand dunes
in Las Marismas, the Guadalquivir River Delta region where it flows
into the Atlantic ocean. There has been a constant threat to the eco-system,
that of drainage of the marshes, the use of river water to
boost agricultural production by irrigating land along the coast, and
the expansion of tourist facilities.

8. Teide National Park :
Teide National Park is a national park located
in Tenerife Canary Islands, Spain. It is centered around 3718 m
Mount Teide, the highest mountain of Spain and the islands of
the Atlantic (it is the third largest volcano in the world from its
base). It was declared a national park on 22 January 1954,
making it one of the oldest national parks in Spain.

9. Timanfaya:
Timanfaya National Park is a Spanish national park covering the
municipalities of southern portion of Tinajo and the northern
portion of Yaiza in the southwestern part of the island
of Lanzarote. The greatest recorded eruptions occurred
between 1730 and 1736. The volcanic activity continues as the
surface temperature in the core ranges from 100 to 600 °C at
the depth of 13 metres which is demonstrated by pouring water
into the ground.

10. Garajonay :
Garajonay National Park is located in the center and
north of the island of La Gomera, one of the Canary
Islands It was declared a national park in 1981 and
a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986. It occupies
40 km2 (15 sq mi) and it extends into each of the
municipalities on the island. The park is named after the
rock formation of Garajonay, the highest point on the
island at 1,484 m.

11. Caldera de Taburiente National Park:
Caldera de Taburiente National Park is a national park on the
island of La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. It contains the
enormous expanse of the Caldera de Taburiente, once believed
to be a huge crater, but nowadays known to be a mountain arch
with a curious crater shape, which dominates the northern part
of the island. It was designated as a national park in 1954.

12. Sierra Nevada :
The Parque Nacional Sierra
Nevada is located
in Granada and Almeríaprovi
nces in south-eastern Spain.
It was declared a national
park on 14 January 1999. It
stretches from
the Alpujarra to El
Marquesado and the Lecrin
Valley, covering a total area
of 85,883 hectares, making
it the largest national park
in Spain.

13. Cabañeros: Cabañeros is a national
park in Spain, which falls within
two provinces, the northwest
of Ciudad Real and the
southwest of Toledo.
The Park was designated in
1995 and has an area of 390
square kilometres
(150 sq mi). It lies between the
Estena and Bullaque rivers,
extending into the Chorito and
Miraflores mountain ranges.
It is the best and largest
surviving area of Iberian
Mediterranean forest, with an
enormous variety of plant
species.

14. Tablas de Daimiel :
Tablas de Daimiel National Park is a nature reserve in
south-central Spain on La Mancha plain in the province
of Ciudad Real. It is a wetland in an arid part of Spain. It
covers an area of 19.28 km². TDNP(tablas de Daimiel
national park) is a floodplain wetland created where the
Gigüela river joins the Guadiana river. It is home to many
bird species, some year-round residents, some
migratory.