https://picturingjordan.com/tags/wetland/ Recent content in Wetland on Picturing Jordan Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a <a rel='license' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/'>Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license</a>. Sat, 24 Sep 2016 21:28:31 +0300 https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/azraq-wetland-disappearing-oasis/ Sat, 24 Sep 2016 21:28:31 +0300 https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/azraq-wetland-disappearing-oasis/ <figure> <img src="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/IMG_20160924_101454.jpg" alt="Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert"/> <figcaption> <h4>A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon</h4> </figcaption> </figure> <p>There&rsquo;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.</p>