VITEBSK, 29 September (BelTA) – Yelnia Republican Landscape Reserve is a complex of raised bogs and transition mires encompassing over 100 lakes and small mineral islands covered with small-leafed and spruce forests. The total area is 25,301 hectares, of which 18,794 hectares are mires. It provides key habitats to unique species of plants and animals and also large peat deposits.
Photos by Oksana Manchuk
