Pinsk Marshes

Pinsk Marshes
Pripet Marshes
Пінскія балоты / Прыпяцкія балоты
Natural region
View of the marshy areas bounding the Pripyat River
View of the marshy areas bounding the Pripyat River
The Pinsk Marshes (Marais de Pinsk) in an 1888 French map by Pierre Foncin.
The Pinsk Marshes (Marais de Pinsk) in an 1888 French map by Pierre Foncin.
Pinsk Marshes Pripet Marshes is located in Belarus
Pinsk Marshes Pripet Marshes
Pinsk Marshes
Pripet Marshes
The Pinsk Marshes bring together Belarus and Ukraine.
Pinsk Marshes Pripet Marshes is located in Ukraine
Pinsk Marshes Pripet Marshes
Pinsk Marshes
Pripet Marshes
Pinsk Marshes
Pripet Marshes (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 52°N 27°E / 52°N 27°E / 52; 27
CountriesBelarus and Ukraine
Elevation
135 m (443 ft)
Map
A 1552 map by Sebastian Münster showing the Pinsk Marshes (Sarmatica palus) next to Pinsk.

The Pinsk Marshes (Belarusian: Пінскія балоты, romanizedPinskiya baloty), also known as the Pripet Marshes (Belarusian: Прыпяцкія балоты, romanizedPrypiackija baloty), the Polesie Marshes, and the Rokitno Marshes, are a vast natural region of wetlands in Polesia, along the forested basin of the Pripyat River and its tributaries from Brest to the west, Mogilev in the northeast, and Kyiv to the southeast. Most of the region is in Belarus, and part is in Ukraine. The Pinsk Marshes constitute one of the largest wetland areas in Europe.