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Cedar of Lebanon Al Chouf Cedar Nature Reserve. The natural vegetation of Lebanon has been threatened by overexploitation and fragmentation as a result of urban expansion, overgrazing, tourism, and warfare. [3] The cedar of Lebanon is the national symbol of the country. Growing in the Lebanon Mountain range, these trees have been heavily ...
Palm Islands Nature Reserve, small islands near Tripoli; Qammoua protected area, a grove of cedars, Cilicica fir and junipers in Akkar, North Lebanon; Jaj Cedars, an area of cedar forests in the Byblos District area. Tyre Coast Nature Reserve, a Ramsar site in Southern Lebanon. Abraham River gorge, a valley in the Byblos District.
Wadi al-Hujeir (Arabic: وادي الحجير) is a valley and nature reserve in Jabal Amil, across the Nabatieh, Bint Jbeil and Marjeyoun districts of Southern Lebanon. [1] [2] The valley holds a strategic value in the Israeli–Lebanese conflict. [3] In the 2006 war, it was labeled the "Merkava graveyard", as Hezbollah destroyed 39 [4] tanks ...
Inside the Barouk forest. Al Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in the Chouf and Aley districts of Lebanon.It is located on the slopes of Jebel Baruk mountain and has an area of 550 km 2 (210 sq mi), nearly 5.3% of the Lebanese territory, making it the largest natural reserve in Lebanon.
Horsh Ehden is a nature reserve located in Northern Lebanon. [3] It contains a forest of the cedar of Lebanon, making it a part of the country's cultural and natural heritage. It is located on the northwestern slopes of Mount Lebanon, the nature reserve experiences high precipitation and is home to numerous rare and endemic plants.
Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve (Arabic: محمية جبل موسى للمحيط الحيوي) is a nature reserve located in the Keserwan District of Lebanon, on the shoulders of the western slopes of Mount Lebanon overlooking the Mediterranean Sea to the West. It covers an area of 6500 hectares, at an altitude ranging between 350 meters in the ...
The relatively narrow Hermon range, with the Lebanon-Syria boundary along its spine, extends for 70 km (43 mi), from 25 km (16 mi) northeast of Mt. Hermon to 45 km (28 mi) southwest of it. [9] The Hermon range covers an area of about 700 km 2 (270 sq mi) of which about 70 km 2 (27 sq mi) are under Israeli control. [ 9 ]
Tyre Coast Nature Reserve. The Tyre Coast Nature Reserve to the southeast of Tyre, Lebanon covers over 380 hectares (940 acres) and is divided into three zones: the tourism zone (public beaches, the old city and Souks, the ancient port), the agricultural and archaeological zone, and the Conservation zone that includes the Phoenician springs of Ras El Ain.