Lower Polissia National Nature Park

Lower Polissia National Park (Ukrainian: Національний природний парк «Мале Полісся») is a National Park in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine, created in 2013.

The park is an 8,762 hectares (87.62 km2) section of Polissia region and includes several lakes and wetland areas as well as parts of river valleys Horyn, Viliia, Hnylyi Rih.

The next stage in the creation of the park was the order of the Head of the Khmelnytsky Regional State Administration of June 16, 2011, “On Approval of the Creation of the Small Polissia National Nature Park,” which marked the beginning of the development and approval of the project for the creation of the Small Polissia National Nature Park by various agencies.

[2] The Lower Polissia is a haven for birds, there are 186 species of them, including those unique for the area.

The Park’s waters feature 18 species of fish, as well as amphibians.