Largest bog
- Who
- Great Vasyugan Mire
- What
- 53,000 square kilometre(s)
- Where
- Russian Federation
- When
- prehistoric
A bog is a type of wetland characterized by being higher than the surrounding landscape, and receiving most of its water from rainfall. The largest single bog in the world is the Great Vasyugan Mire, located in the central Western Siberian Plain. Covering an area of around 53,000 square kilometres (20,463 square miles), it is larger than Switzerland.
As large as this bog is, it only covers about 2% of the Western Siberian Lowlands, which is the world’s largest peatland complex.