Narew National Park

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Narew National Park (Polish: Narwiański Park Narodowy) is a National Park in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland, created in 1996. Prior to that, its area was part of the Narew Landscape Park. The park is a 35 kilometres (22 mi) section of the Narew River.

It is a swampy valley with moraine hills typical of a braided river. Depending on the season and the level of the water table, several riparian area ecosystems are available, including swamps, tussocks with surrounding black alder (Latin: Alnus glutinosa) and white willow (Latin: Salix alba) forested areas. The total area of the park is 73.5 square kilometres (28.4 sq mi), of which only 20.57 square kilometres (7.94 sq mi) is state-owned.

The rest is distributed across 12,000 different plots of privately held land, mostly by small-scale farmers. The park covers the Upper Narew Valley, a swampy area between the towns of Suraż and Rzędziany. Around 98% of the park's area consists of rivers, periodically flooded lands, or wetlands.

The Narew is the park's main river, which splits in the area into many river beds, but also numerous smaller rivers, such as Liza, Szeroka Struga, Awissa, Kurówka, Kowalówka, Turośnianka and Czaplinianka...