Polesie

Poleski Park Narodowy

Area: 9.762 ha Established: 1990

Polesie National Park

The park is located in the Leczynsko-Wlodawskie Lake District (Lublin Polesie) and includes a unique flatland of extensive peat bogs and swamps, which in places is reminiscent of the tundra or the transitional zone between tundra and taiga. The peat bogs shelter many species of rare and relict plants. The park area is the nesting site of numerous water birds. The park is also a refuge to such animals as elk, wolves, and the rare marsh turtle.