🦎 Banyas

Israel · Asia · Nature Reserve · 33.20°N, 35.63°E

The Banias is a river flowing from the Golan Heights to Israel. It is the easternmost of the three main northern tributaries of the Jordan River; together with the Dan River and the Hasbani River, it forms the Jordan River's upper catchment (UCJR). Israel has included the stream in the Hermon nature reserve.

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Quick facts

Country	Israel
Continent / region	Asia
Protection type	🦎 Nature Reserve
Coordinates (approx.)	33.20°N, 35.63°E · view on map

Banyas is a nature reserve in Israel, in Asia. The details of why Banyas is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More protected areas in Israel

Castel National Park · Ramat Gan National Park · Saint Peter Church, Capernaum · Mount Arbel · Yotvata Hai-Bar Nature Reserve · Sepphoris · Tel Be'er Sheva · Migdal Afek · Nahal Taninim · Belvoir Fortress.

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