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National Atlas of Belarus (Belarusian: Нацыянальны атлас Беларусі) is a fundamental state scientific publication: a cartographic work (atlas), which highlights modern data about Belarus, it characterizes the natural conditions and resources, demographic, economic, and historical situation in the country.
Satellite image of Belarus in December 2002. Belarus is a landlocked, generally flat country (the average elevation is 162 meters (531 ft) above sea level) without natural borders, that occupies an area of 207,600 square kilometers (80,200 sq mi).
The geology of Belarus began to form more than 2.5 billion years ago in the Precambrian, although many overlying sedimentary units deposited during the Paleozoic and the current Quaternary. Belarus is located in the eastern European plain. From east to west it covers about 650 kilometers while from north to south it covers about 560 kilometers ...
Belarus has an average annual rainfall of 550 to 700 mm (21.7 to 27.6 in). [119] The country is in the transitional zone between continental climates and maritime climates. [113] Natural resources include peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas, granite, dolomite , marl, chalk, sand, gravel, and clay. [113]
This is a list of national parks of Belarus. It also lists main nature reserves. There are currently four national parks in Belarus. The Belavezhskaya Pushcha National Park is a trans-boundary park between Belarus and Poland. Together parks cover more than 3,300 km 2 (1,300 sq mi).
The location of Belarus An enlargeable map of Belarus. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Belarus: Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. Its strongest economic sectors are agriculture and manufacturing.
Belarus has one of the world's largest deposits of peat. Peat has been mined industrially since 1896, and in Soviet times it was the main fuel for power plants. [12] Large-scale swamp draining efforts were revived in the Soviet era during the 1960s–1970s, with over 60% of Belarus's wetlands being drained, primarily for agriculture and peat ...
List of national parks of Belarus; Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve, Minsk Region and Vitebsk Region, 852 km 2 (329 sq mi). Polesie State Radioecological Reserve, Gomel Region, 2,161 km 2 (834 sq mi). This reserve is heavily contaminated by the radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl disaster. It borders Ukraine and the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.