Homyel

province, Belarus
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Also known as: Gomel, Homel, Homyelskaya Voblasts
Also spelled:
Homel or Gomel
In full:
Homyelskaya Voblasts

Homyel, voblasts (province), southeastern Belarus. It occupies the level plain of the middle Dnieper River and its tributaries. There are considerable areas of reed and grass marsh and of peat bog. Most of the drier areas lie in dense forest of oak, pine, and hornbeam on soils that are commonly sandy. Much of the province is swampland, but some of this has been reclaimed in a number of localities. The east has slightly higher ground, largely cleared of forest and cultivated for flax, hemp, and potatoes. Dairying is widespread, the broad floodplain meadows along the rivers being used for hay ...(100 of 144 words)