Timna Valley - Nature Reserve

Nature Reserve

In 2002, 42000 dunams of the Timna valley were declared a nature reserve, ending all mining activity within the reserve's area. Gazelles and ibex still roam the area, but an image of these animals with ostriches found on a high ridge of sand suggests that ostriches once lived here, as well.

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