Saja Umm Ar-Rimth Natural Reserve is a protected area in
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...
managed by the
Saudi Wildlife Authority.
Overview
The natural reserve is located in central Saudi Arabia with an area of . It was designated as a natural reserve in
1995
1995 was designated as:
* United Nations Year for Tolerance
* World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...
.
Birdlife
The reserve is a destination for migrant
Houbara. In
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
, the reserve is selected as a site for Houbara re-introduction.
[Pritpal S. Soorae (2010). ''Global Re-introduction Perspectives: Additional Case Studies from Around the Globe''. IUCN. pp. 134–. .]
See also
*
List of protected areas of Saudi Arabia
References
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Protected areas of Saudi Arabia
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