Yelnya Reserve
| Yelnya Landscape Reserve Bałota Jelnia (Балота Ельня) | |
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  Location of Elnya Landscape Reserve | |
| Location | Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus |
| Coordinates | 55°34′33″N 27°51′53″E / 55.5758°N 27.8647°E / 55.5758; 27.8647 |
| Area | 253.01 sq km[1] |
| Elevation | 139 |
| Official name | Yelnia |
| Designated | 21 October 2002 |
| Reference no. | 1218[2] |
Yelnya Reserve (or Jelnia) is the biggest swamp complex in Belarus. The swamps cover 253.01 square kilometers and considered to be more than 9000 years old. The Landscape Reserve "Yelnya" was founded in 1968.[3]
Biodiversity
Yelnya swamp is a stopping point for birds that migrate from the north through Belarus for wintering in Israel and North Africa. About 50 pairs of cranes stay here for nesting.[4]
More than 405 species of plants grow in the bog, 13 of them are listed as an endangered species. Approximately 150 bird species live and nest here.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Journey to Yelnya bog: a must-see in Belarus". walktofolk.by. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "Yelnia". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ "The Landscape Reserve "Yelnya"". vetliva.com. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "Это стоит увидеть! "Космические" пейзажи болота Ельня". belarus.by. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
