Vasyugan Swamp

Large freshwater swamp in Siberia (Russia)

The Vasyugan Swamp (Russian: Васюганские болота, romanized: Vasyuganskiye bolota), also called the Great Vasyugan Mire, is the largest swamp in the northern hemisphere as well as the largest peatland in the world. It is located in Russia, in southwestern Siberia. Covering most of the Vasyugan Plain, it occupies 53,000 km² (13,000,000 acres), which is about 2% of the whole area of peat bogs of the world.

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