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Azraq Wetland Reserve

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Ranked #74 of 92 attractions in Jordan
3.0 of 5 stars 2 Reviews
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4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
“Place of sadness”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 May 2012

Unfortunately this place is slowly dying year by year due to the water pumping. Just twenty years ago it was a big beautiful oasis in the surrounding desert. Now it looks like dried earth and a few ponds about few acres each only. There are some fishes and birds to watch however. We saw few egrets and some turtledoves. There... More

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3 reviews 3 reviews
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7 helpful votes 7 helpful votes
“This place is nice, but knowing what it used to be makes me sad”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 November 2007
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Technically, the wetland does not exsist any more. It used to be fed by springs, but they dried up about 15 years ago because of over pumping to suply Amman, Irbid and farm land of fresh water. The great mud flats used to be flooded every year, but that did not happen for many years now. Because the RSCN floods... More

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