The Dnepr-Pripyat lowland in this former SSR was once forest & is now largely pasture
The Belarusian SSR was one of the most .... 
index calculated by comparing population size with previous year ... Belarus is 
predominantly lowland  flat plains occupy 60% of the territory, ... Large rivers, 
more than 500 km long, are the Dnieper, the Western Dvina, the Nieman, ...... 
now weeds.