Narachanski National Park Explained

Narachanski National Park
Iucn Category:	II
Map:	Belarus
Relief:	y
Label:	Narachanski National Park
Coordinates:	54.85°N 26.7333°W
Location:	Minsk Region in Belarus
Area Km2:	933
Area Ref:	(2015)
Established:	1999
Embedded:	Wikidata: yes Zoom: 8

Narаchanski (Narochansky) National Park (Belarusian: Нарачанскі, Naračanski; Russian: Нарочанский, Naročanskij) is a national park in Belarus that is named after Lake Narach.

History

Park was created on July 28, 1999, and covers an area of more than 87,000 hectares.^[1]

Park fauna

Mammal species inhabiting in the park include the red deer, raccoon dog, European badger, marten, and otter; existing fish species include common bream, silver bream, and crucian carp. The national park also includes 218 other species of birds, such as the bittern, osprey and the common crane^[2]

See also

• List of national parks in the Baltics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Description on the park's official website (in Russian). . 2014-08-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140807191312/http://www.naroch.com/about/ . 2014-08-07 . dead .
2. http://www.belarus.by/en/about-belarus/natural-history/narochansky-national-park National Park Narochansky on belarus.by