🌐 Białowieża Forest

Poland · Europe · Biosphere Reserve · 52.75°N, 23.95°E

Białowieża Forest is a large forest complex and World Heritage Area straddling the border between Poland and Belarus. It is one of the last and the largest remaining parts of the immense primeval forest that once stretched across the European Plain. The forest is home to more than 800 European bison, Europe's heaviest land animal.

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Quick facts

Country	Poland
Continent / region	Europe
Protection type	🌐 Biosphere Reserve
Coordinates (approx.)	52.75°N, 23.95°E · view on map

Białowieża Forest is a biosphere reserve in Poland, in Europe. The details of why Białowieża Forest is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More protected areas in Poland

East Carpathian Transboundary Biosphere Reserve · Białowieża National Park · Krkonose/Karkonosze · West Polesie Transboundary Biosphere Reserve (Belarus/Poland/Ukraine) · Suwałki Landscape Park.

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