Sunday, April 25, 2010

Coast marshes Area in Rafah North Sinai Governorate (AhrashProtectorate)

Date of Announcement : 1985
Area : 8 km2
Type : Developing resources protected area
Distance from Cairo : 370 km

The Marshes protected Area is characterized by the sand dunes, whose height is approximately is 60 m of the sea level. They are covered by a high density of acacia trees, some tomorx trees, camphor trees, bushes, grass, pastoral and fodder plants, which make the Area a good resource of pastures , timber, and a shelter for animals and wild birds, They help stabilize sand dunes and warbers located within the framework of protection in order to maintain an important form of the Mediterranean coastal environments.

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