administratively, the park is located on the territory of zhitkovichi, lelchesky and petrikovsky districtgomel region, with the administrative center in the agricultural town of lyaskovich. pripyatsky national park impresses with its vastness and virtually untouched nature. the expanses of wetlands cover 188 thousand hectares, of which about 35% is occupied by the protected area. this region is called the belarusian amazon, because it is here that there are vast swamps, wide floodplains of the pripyat river and its tributaries, oak groves and deciduous forests, which are unique in structure and floristic composition throughout the whole east european plain. scientists believe that the national park is a hydrologically closed area. about 38 species of fish live on its territory. the flora of the national park includes more than a thousand species of higher plants, of which 47 are listed in the red book of the republic of belarus. the fauna of the national park is rich and diverse, characterized by a significant number of rare species that are not found anywhere else in belarus. among the l