NATURAL AND GEOGRAPHIC  CHARACTERISTICS AND Environment Protection

Borders on  Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Ukraine.

Especially  protected  territories (national parks, nature  reserves, wildlife preserves, special hunting reserves)
number, units - 6;
total territory, thous. ha  - 695

Share in total territory,   % :

agricultural land – 43,2

forest area – 40,9

water basin area – 6,6

other – 9,3

The longest rivers,  km

(length along the territory of the state)

Dnieper - 700

Berezina - 561

Pripyat - 495

Sozh - 493

Neman - 436

Ptich - 421

The largest lakes, sq. km

Naroch - 79,6

Osveyskoye - 52,8

Chervonoye - 40,8

Lukomskoye - 37,7

Drivyaty - 36,1

The highest point, m

Mountain Dzerzhinskaya - 345

Average temperature

January -2,6⁰C

July +18,3⁰C