The Ibex Reserve Protected Area is located in
Hotat Bani Tamim Hotat Bani Tamim () is a Saudi Arabian town, adjacent to Riyadh. Its population is about 40,000. Most of the residents are no longer from the Tamimi tribe. Hotat Bani Tamim is located 135 km south of Riyadh's southern ring road, and slightly no ...
town south
Riyadh
Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the Riyadh Governorate. Located on the eastern bank of Wadi Hanifa, the current form of the metropolis largely emerged in th ...
at small village called Al-Helwah. It has many different kinds of
desert animals
A xerocole (), is a general term referring to any animal that is adapted to live in a desert. The main challenges xerocoles must overcome are lack of water and excessive heat. To conserve water they avoid evaporation and concentrate excretions (i. ...
but is facing the problem of
extinction
Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...
due to hunting and loss of water supplies. Founded in 1988 and classified in IUCN Management Category II.
Flora
Approximately 265 plant species were reported in 49 families, of which the largest family is ''Poaceae'', followed by ''Asteraceae'', ''Cruciferae'' and ''Leguminosae''.
References
External links
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Riyadh Province
Protected areas of Saudi Arabia
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