Bryansky Les Nature Reserve

Bryansk Forest Nature Reserve
Russian: Брянский лес
River Nerussa, Bryansk Nature Reserve
Bryansk Forest Zapovednik
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Relief map of Russia
Location of Bryansk Nature Reserve
LocationBryansk Oblast, Russia
Nearest cityBryansk
Coordinates52°30′N 34°00′E / 52.500°N 34.000°E / 52.500; 34.000
Area121.86 km2 (47.05 sq mi)
WebsiteReserve website, in Russian

The Bryansk Forest Nature Reserve, also known as Bryansky Les (Russian: Брянский лес), is a nature reserve in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, along the Nerussa River (a tributary of the Desna River) near the Russian border with Ukraine.

The forest is a nature reserve (zapovednik), and is an integral part of the Nerussa-Desna Woodland UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve, important for protecting the "diversity and integrity of the broadleaf forest in European Russia".[1][2] It is one of the last remaining unbroken forests on the southern end of the European broadleaf forest, supporting abundant wildlife in the forests and bogs. The reserve covers an area of 12,186 ha (47.05 sq mi).

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference unesco-mab was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Official Site - Bryansk Forest Reserve". MNRR. Retrieved January 2, 2016.