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Wadi Al-Shaqra

Sadd Assamalqy

Jabal Granite

Wadi Thy Ghazelle

Wadi Al-Hasha

Al-Sour

Maysan

Al-Manadih

Makkah Region

Abal

Jabal Batharah /

Wadi Turubah

special natural reserve

Areas that are partially or entirely strictly protected and governed by the SWA for its biodiversity and possibly geological/geomorphological features. In these usually large sites, human visitation, use, impacts, and permanent habitation are controlled and sometimes limited to ensure the protection of the conservational values that are traditional, scientific, educational, and/or recreational.

g.I.S CRITERIA

LAYERS

1

2

3

4

MAIN ROADS 

SECONDARY ROADS

FARMLANDS

STREAMS

VILLAGES

ELEVATION

WELLS

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1.5

0.5

0.5

30

0.5

1.2

0.5

2

1

1

25

1

1.4

1

2.5

1.5

1.5

20

2

1.6

1.5

3.5

2

2

15

3

1.8

2

DESIGNATION CRITERIA

Bani Asim

Anchor 1

Jabal Batharah /

Wadi Turubah

Wadi Al-Shaqra

Wadi Thy Ghazelle

The three locations demonstrated are the final designated protected areas. Only these fall under our designation criteria and earned a result of 4 in the G.I.S designation suitability. 

Designated Protected Areas
Anchor 2

special natural

reserve

Jabal Batharah / Wadi Turubah National Park

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Provincial countryside 

park

Wadi Thy Ghazelle

Countryside Park

Resource use

reserve

Wadi Al-Shaqra 

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