Natural areas in Lebanon

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

References

1. "Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)". UNESCO. Retrieved 8 Jul 2015.