Natural areas in Lebanon
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Natural areas of Lebanon include:
- Aammiq Wetland, an area of marsh in the Beqaa Valley
- Al Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve, an area of cedar forest around Barouk
- Benta'ael, a national park area in the mountains above Jubail
- Horsh Ehden, a cedar forest north of Ehden
- Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab), the remains of an ancient Lebanese cedar forest containing some of the oldest extant Cedar trees of the country.[1]
- Jabal Rihane, a nature reserve in the Rihane mountains of south Lebanon
- 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 Jubail area.
- Tyre Coast Nature Reserve, a Ramsar site in Southern Lebanon.
- Abraham River gorge, a valley in the Jbeil District
- Tannourine Cedar Reserve, a cedar forest in the mountains above Jubail.
- Wadi Jhannam, a ravine in North Lebanon.
- Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley), a UNESCO's World Heritage Site consisting of steep valleys with a longstanding monastic history.[1]
- Yammoune
