Nature Reserves
- Berezinski Biosphere reserve, Minsk Region and Vitebsk Region, 7002852000000000000852 km2 (329 sq mi).
- Polesie state radiation and ecological reserve, Gomel Region, 70032161000000000002,161 km2 (834 sq mi). This reserve is heavily contaminated by the radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl disaster. It borders Ukraine and the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
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