🌐 Jabal Al Rihane Biosphere Reserve

Lebanon · Asia · Biosphere Reserve · 33.45°N, 35.56°E

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Jabal Al Rihane Biosphere Reserve is an area of protected "evergreen sclerophylic broussailles and forests" in Southern Lebanon, Lebanon. Established in 2007 It includes several peaks between 1,200 and 1,360 meters high and covers an area of 18,430 hectares and is administered by the Ministry of Environment. The reserve features Oak trees that are up to 500 years old.

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Quick facts

CountryLebanon
Continent / regionAsia
Protection type🌐 Biosphere Reserve
Coordinates (approx.)33.45°N, 35.56°E · view on map

Jabal Al Rihane Biosphere Reserve is a biosphere reserve in Lebanon, in Asia. The details of why Jabal Al Rihane Biosphere Reserve is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More protected areas in Lebanon

Palm Islands Nature Reserve · Aammiq Wetland · Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve.

Coordinates are an approximate area centre. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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