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date = "2016-09-24T21:28:31+03:00"
title = "Azraq Wetland, a Disappearing Oasis"
images = ["/2016/09/IMG_20160924_101454.jpg"]
categories = ["Nature"]
tags = ["Wetland", "Oasis"]
slug = "azraq-wetland-disappearing-oasis"
aliases = ["/2016/09/azraq-wetland-a-disappearing-oasis/"]
description = "A thriving oasis in Jordan's desert is at risk of disappearing."
author = "Alan Orth"
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{{< figure src="/2016/09/IMG_20160924_101454.jpg" title="A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon" alt="Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert" >}}

There's a unique wetland nature preserve an hour and a half from Amman. In just thirty minutes of walking around, I saw birds, snakes, crabs, fish, and even water buffaloes! For thousands of years Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.

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Learn more about the wetlands on a trip with [Wild Jordan](https://wildjordan.com/) or [Experience Jordan](https://www.experiencejordan.com/), and *turn off the water in your shower or sink when you don't need it!*
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			`date = "2016-09-24T21:28:31+03:00"`
			`title = "Azraq Wetland, a Disappearing Oasis"`
Adjust images in post front matter My theme now uses a few of Hugo's internal metadata templates and the convention there is to look for an "images" array in front matter. 2016-10-15 05:13:54 +02:00			`images = ["/2016/09/IMG_20160924_101454.jpg"]`
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			`tags = ["Wetland", "Oasis"]`
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content/post: Add aliases to posts whose URL changed I changed the post URL structure to use the post's slug, so now I need to alias old post URLs to the new ones. 2016-10-05 11:48:35 +02:00			`aliases = ["/2016/09/azraq-wetland-a-disappearing-oasis/"]`
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			`author = "Alan Orth"`
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Minor edits to old blog posts Bayan will be translating these to Arabic soon. 2020-01-22 16:32:34 +01:00			`{{< figure src="/2016/09/IMG_20160924_101454.jpg" title="A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon" alt="Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert" >}}`
Add post about Azraq wetlands 2016-09-25 07:07:56 +02:00
Minor edits to old blog posts Bayan will be translating these to Arabic soon. 2020-01-22 16:32:34 +01:00			`There's a unique wetland nature preserve an hour and a half from Amman. In just thirty minutes of walking around, I saw birds, snakes, crabs, fish, and even water buffaloes! For thousands of years Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.`
Add post about Azraq wetlands 2016-09-25 07:07:56 +02:00
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Minor edits to old blog posts Bayan will be translating these to Arabic soon. 2020-01-22 16:32:34 +01:00			`Learn more about the wetlands on a trip with [Wild Jordan](https://wildjordan.com/) or [Experience Jordan](https://www.experiencejordan.com/), and turn off the water in your shower or sink when you don't need it!`