Tukuk-OS🌐 Omayed
Egypt · Africa · Biosphere Reserve · 29.09°N, 30.45°E
Omayed is a 75,800 ha UNESCO designated Biosphere Reserve in western Egypt in a sparsely populated region of coastal desert 80 kilometers west of Alexandria and 200 kilometers east of Matruh. It was designated as a biosphere reserve in 1981 and extended in 1998. The area includes four villages with a total 400 inhabitants. Habitats include coastal calcareous dunes, inland ridges, saline depressions, nonsaline depressions and inland plateau. The area provides important moss habitat. The Khashm El-Aish plateau in Omayed Protected Area (OPA) is home to 29 moss taxa recorded for the first time from Mediterranean coast, Egypt and 16 of them new records to the western Mediterranean coast. OPA includes 0.07% of Egypt's land mass but is home to more than 17 percent of its moss flora.
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Quick facts
| Country | Egypt |
|---|---|
| Continent / region | Africa |
| Protection type | 🌐 Biosphere Reserve |
| Coordinates (approx.) | 29.09°N, 30.45°E · view on map |
Omayed is a biosphere reserve in Egypt, in Africa. The details of why Omayed is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).
More protected areas in Egypt
Saint Katherine Protectorate · Ras Muhammad National Park · Wadi Elrayan · Gilf Kebir National Park · Gabal Elba National Park · Nabq Reserve · Green River Park · Wadi el Gamal National Park · Saluga and Ghazal islands · White Desert.