Pripet Marshes
Pinsk Marshes
Pripet Marshes Пінскія балоты / Прыпяцкія балоты | |
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Natural region | |
View of the marshy areas bounding the Pripyat River | |
The Pinsk Marshes (Marais de Pinsk) in an 1888 French map by Pierre Foncin. | |
| Coordinates: 52°N 27°E / 52°N 27°E | |
| Countries | Belarus and Ukraine |
| Elevation | 135 m (443 ft) |
The Pripet Marshes or Pripyat Marshes (Belarusian: Прыпяцкія балоты, romanized: Prypiackija baloty), also known as Pinsk Marshes (Belarusian: Пінскія балоты, romanized: Pinskiya 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 Pripet Marshes are the largest wetland area in Europe.