Belarusian landscape
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Belarus is a very green landscape. Natural vegetation covers 93.1% of the land, and 1/3 of all green landscape is forest.
In Belarus forests, 28 types of trees as well as around 70 types of shrubberies can be found. There are many lakes in the northern regions of Belarus, and the Polesye marshland around the Pripyat River in the south. Several areas of land in Belarus which contain unique landscape, rare plants and animal species have been designated as National Parks and are protected by the State. |
Belarus wildlive
Belarus is home to a huge array of wild animals and birds, many of them rare species. Around 76 species of vertebrate animals have been recorded in Belarus, including:elks,deer,wild boar,beavers.
There are also around 300 species of bird in Belarus The Belarus Red Book was created to protect rare and vanishing species of plants and animals. |
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Belavezhskaya Pushcha
The Belavezhskaya Pushcha park is in the Brest region, 340km to the south-west of Minsk.
Belavezhskaya Pushcha park is home to many ancient oak trees dating back more than 500 years, as well as venerable ash, pine and fir trees. There are also significant animal and bird populations here, including the world’s largest population of the rare European bison and the greater spotted eagle. |
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