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Azraq Wetlands: Eastern Jordan’s Vanishing Desert Oasis

Azraq Wetlands: Eastern Jordan’s Vanishing Desert Oasis

by Richard Collett | Jul 4, 2025 | Jordan, Stories

I travelled into the remote deserts of eastern Jordan in search of a vanishing oasis that once teemed with life. And to learn how conservationists are clawing this wetland back from the engulfing sands. Driving east from Amman, the sun beating down on the dark tarmac,...

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