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Um
Al-Rihan Forests:
The
region No.
013 The
district Jenin The
area 25km The
height +400m, 475m The
latitude & longitude
32 32`N
35 09`E
The
description of the region: It
is a protected region with an environmental system resembles the Mediterranean Sea forest. It is
also a semi coastal region, which is located Jenin city from the west and it is near the Green Line
that separate between the Palestinian occupied lands year 1948 and 1967. In
this region there are a lot of villages, which are, follow Jenin, there are also a lot of forest in
this region and there distance reaches to 3 thousand dnoum from the land distance. The history of
this forests returns to the past eras at which there were no human beings organize the area. The
wooded wealth is considered one of the basic supports for the discriminative nature in Palestine
because it includes biodiversity elements, in addition to the Romanian rewinds and the sights that
show the wellborn of Palestinian history. The
history of these forests return to the old era, the fantasy of these forests attract the British
delegation, which is signed one of the nativity person to develop the area in 1923, and opened side
way to enter to the site. The
birds of this region: The
most important characteristic for this region is that it is a semi coastal region, so it is a pass
for the coming birds from the coast region and that go to the depression areas or that birds that
come from the north to the Jerusalem and Nablus mountains. The most important birds that pass by the
area are: the White Stork birds at which 2000 birds were registered in spring 1999, there is a
possibility of the Lesser Kestrel existence because it was registered in the past, the Honey Buzzard
also a crossing bird, the Egyptian Vulture is a resident birds and it also breed in this region. The
negative affects:
The
protection procedures:
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