Narachanski National Park

Narаchanski (Narochansky) National Park (Belarusian: Нарачанскі, Naračanski; Russian: Нарочанский, Naročanskij) is a national park in Belarus that is named after Lake Narach. It was created on July 28, 1999, and covers an area of more than 87,000 hectares.[1] 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]

Narachanski National Park
Нарачанскі нацыянальны парк  (Belarusian)
IUCN category II (national park)
Lake Narach
LocationMinsk Region in Belarus
Coordinates54.85°N 26.7333°E / 54.85; 26.7333
Area933 km2 (360 sq mi) (2015)
Established1999

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