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Białowieża Forest is a large forest complex on the border between Poland and Belarus. It is one of the last and the largest remaining part of the immense primeval forest that once stretched across the European Plain. The forest is home to more than 800 European bisons, Europe's heaviest land animal. [2]
The total area of the park is 105.2 square kilometres (40.6 sq mi). It is located 62 km (39 mi) southeast of Białystok (Poland). It is known for the protection of the best preserved part of the Białowieża Forest, Europe's last temperate primaeval forest fragment that once allegedly stretched across the European Plain.
Białowieża [bʲawɔˈvʲɛʐa] is a village in Poland's Podlaskie Voivodeship, in the middle of the Białowieża Forest, to which it gave its name. The village is some 21 kilometres (13 mi) east of Hajnówka and 66 km (41 mi) southeast of the province capital, Białystok .
The forest is home to 26 species of trees, excluding those cultivated by humans in parks. Among these, the pedunculate oak stands out for its size and age, while the tallest tree in the forest is a spruce. However, the yew has disappeared from the forest, and the European silver fir is considered a threatened species. Conversely, human activity ...
Białowieża (village) and Białowieża Forest: Białowieża: 105.02 [8] 1932 European bison: World Heritage Site, biosphere reserve Belavezhskaya Pushcha National Park, Belarus Biebrza National Park (Biebrzański Park Narodowy) Biebrza River Osowiec-Twierdza
While exploring a forest in Poland, archaeologists discovered something unusual: the remains of an ancient Yotvingian settlement. The team from the University of Warsaw was in the Borecka Forest ...
The European plain was once largely covered by forest, before human settlement and the resulting deforestation that occurred. One of the last (and largest) remnants of this primeval forest is Białowieża Forest, which straddles the border between Belarus and Poland. Now the European Plain is the most agriculturally productive region of Europe.
A trio of metal detectorists ventured into a forest in Poland for what they expected to be a standard search for leftovers from World War II. Some buttons. Other discarded items. Maybe a few coins.