{{Infobox settlement | name = Western Polesia | official_name = | native_name = Zachodnie Polesie | native_name_lang = Polish | other_name = | settlement_type = Natural and historical region | image_skyline = Torfowisko moszne vongrzanka.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = Moszne Marshland (Eastern Poland) <!-- maps and coordinates ------> | image_map = Polesie Zachodnie.png | mapsize = | map_alt = | map_caption = Western Polesie marked in dark orange <!-- location ------------------> | subdivision_type = Countries | subdivision_name = Poland <!-- area ----------------------> | area_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | area_magnitude = <!-- use only to set a special wikilink --> | dunam_link = <!-- If dunams are used, this specifies which dunam to link. --> | area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion --> | area_total_sq_mi = <!-- see table @ Template:Infobox settlement for details --> | area_total_ha = | area_total_acre = <!-- dimensions -----------------> | dimensions_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | length_km = | length_mi = | width_km = | width_mi = <!-- elevation -----------------> | elevation_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | elevation_max_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | elevation_max_m = | elevation_max_ft = | elevation_min_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | elevation_min_m = | elevation_min_ft = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | footnotes = }}
'''Western Polesia''', also known as '''Podlachian Polesia''' and '''Lublin Polesia''', is a geological macro-region to the west of the River Bug, which is the north-western part of Polesie (a land, mostly in Belarus and Ukraine). In geological terms, the lowland is part of the pre-Cambrian region. The north of the pre-Cambrian has carboniferous deposits, as well as deposits of cenozoic and chalk.<ref>{{cite web |title=Turystyka Polska |url=http://www.turystyka-pojezierze.pl/odkryj-pojezierze/atrakcje-przyrodnicze-1/rezerwat-biosfery-polesie-zachodnie-3.html?p=1 |website=Turystyka Pojezierze Zachodniego Polesia W Polsce |accessdate=30 April 2015 |archive-date=15 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415175540/http://www.turystyka-pojezierze.pl/odkryj-pojezierze/atrakcje-przyrodnicze-1/rezerwat-biosfery-polesie-zachodnie-3.html%3Fp%3D1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{failed verification|date=April 2025}}
==Geography== Western Polesie accounts for much marshland and rich soils, as the land has not been used for cultivation. There is less arable land here than in other areas of the central-Polish lowland, as there are more meadows and pastures. There are also many forests. On drier areas, there are pine forests, whereas on boggy areas, among others there are alder patches of forests, and wetlands with the black alder trees.
In 1990, the region of Western Polesia was made into the Polesie National Park,<ref>{{cite web|title=Oficjalny Serwis Internetowy|url=http://www.poleskipn.pl/|website=Poleski Park Narodowy|accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref> where among others the European pond turtle habituates the land.
The main settlement of Western Polesie is Włodawa.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ludnosc w gminach, stan w dniu 31 marca 2011 r |url=http://stat.gov.pl/spisy-powszechne/nsp-2011/nsp-2011-wyniki/ludnosc-w-gminach-stan-w-dniu-31-marca-2011-r-nsp-2011,17,1.html |website=Statystyki Polska |accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref>
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Category:Regions of Poland