| Knyszyn Forest | |||
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| Polish: Puszcza Knyszyńska | |||
 Knyszyńska Forest, June 2011 | |||
  Location in Poland | |||
| Location | Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland | ||
| Nearest city | Białystok | ||
| Coordinates | 53°12′50″N 23°26′12″E / 53.21389°N 23.43667°E | ||
| Area | 1,050 km2 (410 sq mi) | ||
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Knyszyn Forest (Polish: Puszcza Knyszyńska, Puszcza Knyszyńsko-Białostocka) is a vast forest complex (second in size after the Białowieska Forest in the Podlasie Lowland) (Polish: Nizina Podlaska) located in the Białystok Upland in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. The forests cover there areas of the frontal moraine, and the Supraśl River flows along the tributary of Sokołda. Supraśl is the seat of the Knyszyńska Forest Landscape Park.
The area of the Forest is about 1050 km², but as a result of afforestation of former agricultural land, its area increases every year. This process is particularly visible in the eastern part of its area.[1]
The forest is dominated by pine, spruce, and birch, alder and oak. There are bison refuges in the Knyszyńska Forest (since 1974). In the Knyszyńska Forest in 1988, the Knyszyn Forest Landscape Park was created.
- ^ Andrzej Gołembiewski: Puszcza Knyszyńska. Obszar gospodarowania siedmiu nadleśnictw RDLP w Białymstoku. Białystok: Fundacja Ekonomistów Środowiska i Zasobów Naturalnych, 2008, s. 31. ISBN 978-83-88771-93-4.