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<h1 class="blog-title"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/" rel="home">Picturing Jordan</a></h1>
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<p class="lead blog-description">Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-post-title"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/azraq-wetland-a-disappearing-oasis/" title="Azraq Wetland, a Disappearing Oasis">Azraq Wetland, a Disappearing Oasis</a></h2>
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<p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2016-09-24T21:28:31+03:00">Sat Sep 24, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in
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<i class="fa fa-folder" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="/categories/nature" rel="category tag">Nature</a>
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<i class="fa fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="/tags/wetland" rel="tag">Wetland</a>, <a href="/tags/oasis" rel="tag">Oasis</a>
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<h4>A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing in the near future.</h4>
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<p>There’s an amazing wetland nature preserve an hour and a half from Amman — in thirty minutes of walking around, I saw birds, snakes, crabs, fish, and even water buffaloes! For thousands of years it was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in the past few decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.</p>
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<a href='https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/azraq-wetland-a-disappearing-oasis/'>Read more →</a>
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<h2 class="blog-post-title"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/camping-in-the-dana-biosphere-reserve/" title="Camping in the Dana Biosphere Reserve">Camping in the Dana Biosphere Reserve</a></h2>
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<p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2016-09-19T09:48:23+03:00">Mon Sep 19, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in
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<i class="fa fa-folder" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="/categories/nature" rel="category tag">Nature</a>
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<h4>Just after sunrise at a camp in the Dana Biosphere</h4>
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<p>A few weeks ago I slept in a tent on the cusp of Jordan’s Rift Valley. <a href="http://wildjordan.com/">Wild Jordan</a> has regular hiking and camping trips to the reserve and they are very affordable. The staff are friendly and genuinely care about nature conservation. Trips to this and other national parks are part of an impressive <a href="http://www.rscn.org.jo/">government effort</a> to preserve Jordan’s natural spaces.</p>
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<a href='https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/camping-in-the-dana-biosphere-reserve/'>Read more →</a>
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<h4>About</h4>
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<p><em>Picturing Jordan</em>, sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time.<br><br><a href="/about">Read more →</a></p>
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<h4>Recent Posts</h4>
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<li><a href="/2016/09/another-beautiful-hand-painted-wood-ceiling/">Another Beautiful Hand-Painted Wood Ceiling</a></li>
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<li><a href="/2016/09/azraq-wetland-a-disappearing-oasis/">Azraq Wetland, a Disappearing Oasis</a></li>
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<li><a href="/2016/09/buying-baklava-in-amman/">Buying Baklava in Amman</a></li>
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<li><a href="/2016/09/saint-thaddeus-church-in-amman/">Saint Thaddeus Church in Amman</a></li>
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<li><a href="/2016/09/camping-in-the-dana-biosphere-reserve/">Camping in the Dana Biosphere Reserve</a></li>
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<h4>Links</h4>
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<li><a href="https://alaninkenya.org">Alan in Kenya</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://englishbulgaria.net">English Bulgaria</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://mjanja.ch">Mjanja Tech</a></li>
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