Pripet Marshes

E309062
geographical region marsh wetland

The Pripet Marshes are one of Europe’s largest wetlands, a vast swampy region of rivers, bogs, and forests spanning parts of Belarus and Ukraine.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Pripyat Marshes 3
Pinsk Marshes 1
Pripet Marshes canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
marsh ⓘ
wetland ⓘ
alternativeName Pripet Marshes ⓘ
surface form: Pinsk Marshes

Pripet Marshes ⓘ
surface form: Pripyat Marshes
area about 270000 square kilometers ⓘ
borderRegionOf Belarus ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
contains peat deposits ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Belarus ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
crossedBy Pripyat River ⓘ
drainageBasin Dnieper ⓘ
surface form: Dnieper River

Pripyat River ⓘ
ecologicalImportance important carbon sink due to peatlands ⓘ
major breeding ground for waterfowl ⓘ
ecoregionType freshwater ecoregion ⓘ
environmentalConcern drainage for agriculture ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ
pollution from upstream industrial areas ⓘ
geologicalFeature lowland plain ⓘ
habitatFor amphibians ⓘ
large mammals ⓘ
migratory birds ⓘ
historicalEvent World War II military operations ⓘ
historicalUse natural barrier in military campaigns ⓘ
hydrologicalFeature extensive river network ⓘ
seasonal flooding ⓘ
knownFor being one of Europe’s largest wetlands ⓘ
extensive peat bogs ⓘ
high biodiversity ⓘ
languageOfToponym Belarusian ⓘ
Ukrainian ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Europe ⓘ
Polesia ⓘ
namedAfter Pripyat River ⓘ
partlyLocatedIn Polesia ⓘ
surface form: Belarusian Polesia

Polesia ⓘ
surface form: Ukrainian Polesia
partOf Dnipro river basin ⓘ
surface form: Dnieper River basin

Russian Plain ⓘ
surface form: East European Plain
terrainType bog ⓘ
floodplain forest ⓘ
swamp ⓘ
vegetationType mixed forest ⓘ
peat bog vegetation ⓘ
wetland vegetation ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Polesie Voivodeship → contains → Pripet Marshes ⓘ
Pripyat River → partOf → Pripet Marshes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pripyat Marshes
Pripyat River → hasFloodplain → Pripet Marshes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pripyat Marshes
Pripet Marshes → alternativeName → Pripet Marshes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pinsk Marshes
Pripet Marshes → alternativeName → Pripet Marshes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pripyat Marshes