Belarus Habitat Guide: An Overview

Belarus is mostly flat land traversed by thousands of small rivers and lakes. The major river here is the Dnjapro. Most of the Belarussian topography is forest and marshlands, and the plains lie covered with snow for four months a year - December to March.
The forests are speckled with lakes and only the odd major river crosses through the country. Belavezhskaya Pushcha, a vast expanse of indigenous European primeval forest is a tourist attraction and also a UNESCO biosphere reserve. The Nature Reserve of Berezinsky is another UNESCO biosphere reserve crisscrossed with glimmering rivers, and marshlands with captivating flora.

The country has vast forests and immense stretches of birch, oak, spruce and pine forests surrounding the lakes.The forests are home to many water mammals like badgers, beavers and otters, and forest dwelling animals like foxes, squirrels and deer. Recently saved from extinction by a successful breeding program, the European Bison is an added attraction here.