Polesia
Sign in to savePolesia, also called Polissia, Polesie, or Polesye, is a natural (geographic) and historical region in Eastern Europe within the East European Plain, including the Belarus–Ukraine border region and part of eastern Poland. This region should not be confused with parts of Russia also traditionally called "Polesie".
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Polesia is a geographic and historical region in Eastern Europe that spans across Belarus, Ukraine, and eastern Poland along their border areas. It's notable as a distinct natural region within the broader East European Plain with its own geographic and historical significance.
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- Polesia
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- Polesie
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- Natural and historical region
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- Polesia map - topography.jpg
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- Polesian Lowland marked in dark green
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- Countries
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- Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine
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- Largest city
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- Homel
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}} is a natural (geographic) and historical region in Eastern Europe within the East European Plain, including the Belarus–Ukraine border region and part of eastern Poland. This region should not be confused with parts of Russia also traditionally called "Polesie".
== Extent == One of the largest forest areas on the continent, Polesia is located in the southwestern part of the Eastern-European Lowland, the Polesian Lowland. On the western side, Polesia includes the crossing of the Bug River valley in Poland and the Pripyat River valley of Western Ukraine. The westernmost part of the region, located in Poland and around Brest, Belarus, historically also formed part of the historic region of Podlachia, and is also referred to as such. The modern Polish part was not considered part of Polesia by the late 19th-century Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland, which defined the region as roughly a triangle between the cities of Brest in the west, Mogilev in the northeast and Kyiv in the southeast.