Białowieża Forest

Local nameBiałowieża
LocationBiałowieża

Białowieża Forest is a forest on the border between Belarus and Poland. It is one of the last and largest remaining parts of the immense primeval forest that once stretched across the European Plain. The forest is home to 800 European bison, Europe's heaviest land animal. UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme designated the Polish Biosphere Reserve Białowieża in 1976 and the Belarusian Biosphere Reserve Biełavieskaja pušča in 1993.In 2015, the Belarusian Biosphere Reserve spanned 216,200 ha, subdivided into transition, buffer and core zones.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Białowieża_Forest

UNESCO Website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/33

Address 17-230, Poland

Coordinates 52°44'57.321" N 23°49'15.165" E

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