🏔️ Wadi Rum Protected Area

Jordan · Asia · Mixed · 29.60°N, 35.40°E

Wadi Rum (Arabic: وادي رم Wādī Ramm, also Wādī al-Ramm, known also as the Valley of the Moon or Red mountains, is a valley cut into the sandstone and granite rock in southern Jordan, near the border with Saudi Arabia and about 60 km to the east of the city of Aqaba. With an area of 720 km2 it is the largest wadi in Jordan.

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Quick facts

Country	Jordan
Continent / region	Asia
List type	🏔️ Mixed heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	29.60°N, 35.40°E · view on map

Wadi Rum Protected Area is a mixed World Heritage site in Jordan, in Asia. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Wadi Rum Protected Area was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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Petra · Quseir Amra · Umm ar-Rasas · Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” (Al-Maghtas) · As-Salt - The Place of Tolerance and Urban Hospitality · Umm Al-Jimāl · Aqaba Marine Reserve.

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