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Image attribution: Farasan Island 3 — Bandar Yuosef, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AFarasan_Island_3.jpg ; license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 . CMS derivative: converted to WebP at quality 85; proportionally resized within 2400 × 2400 without enlargement where needed. / نسخة CMS: تحويل إلى WebP بجودة 85 وتصغير تناسبي عند الحاجة ضمن 2400 × 2400 دون تكبير. · License: CC BY 2.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0
Reserves and biodiversity

Farasan Islands Reserve: Marine Habitats and Island Life

An introduction to Farasan's reefs, coasts and terrestrial habitats, their relationship with island communities, and the archipelago's inclusion in UNESCO's biosphere reserve network in 2021.

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Image attribution: Uruq Bani Ma'arid Reserve, Saudi Arabia, 2025 — Saudi Press Agency (SPA), via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AUruq_Bani_Ma'arid_Reserve%2C_Saudi_Arabia%2C_2025.jpg ; license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 . CMS derivative: converted to WebP at quality 85; proportionally resized within 2400 × 2400 without enlargement where needed. / نسخة CMS: تحويل إلى WebP بجودة 85 وتصغير تناسبي عند الحاجة ضمن 2400 × 2400 دون تكبير. · License: CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
Reserves and biodiversity

Uruq Bani Maarid: Conserving Life in the Empty Quarter

Explore the dunes and habitats of Uruq Bani Maarid, its wildlife reintroduction programmes, and the significance of its inscription as a natural World Heritage property in 2023.

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Image attribution: Al Sawda peak — marviikad, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAl_Sawda_peak.jpg ; license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 . CMS derivative: converted to WebP at quality 85; proportionally resized within 2400 × 2400 without enlargement where needed. / نسخة CMS: تحويل إلى WebP بجودة 85 وتصغير تناسبي عند الحاجة ضمن 2400 × 2400 دون تكبير. · License: CC BY-SA 2.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Mountains

Jabal Al-Sawda

The Kingdom's highest peak at 3,015 m, about 20 km from Abha in the Sarawat range and part of Asir National Park.

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Image attribution: Rub al Khali 002 — Nepenthes, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ARub_al_Khali_002.JPG ; license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 . CMS derivative: converted to WebP at quality 85; proportionally resized within 2400 × 2400 without enlargement where needed. / نسخة CMS: تحويل إلى WebP بجودة 85 وتصغير تناسبي عند الحاجة ضمن 2400 × 2400 دون تكبير. · License: CC BY-SA 3.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
Deserts

Rub al Khali

The world's largest continuous sand sea, covering the Kingdom's south-east across the Eastern Province, Riyadh and Najran, named the 'Empty Quarter' for its lack of permanent settlement.

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Image attribution: Sands of al-Dahna, eastern Saudi Arabia (11) (50620810612) — Richard Mortel from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASands_of_al-Dahna%2C_eastern_Saudi_Arabia_(11)_(50620810612).jpg ; license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 . CMS derivative: converted to WebP at quality 85; proportionally resized within 2400 × 2400 without enlargement where needed. / نسخة CMS: تحويل إلى WebP بجودة 85 وتصغير تناسبي عند الحاجة ضمن 2400 × 2400 دون تكبير. · License: CC BY 2.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0
Deserts

Dahna Desert

The Kingdom's third-largest desert, an arc of red sand about 1,200 km long linking the Great Nafud to the Rub al Khali across five regions.

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Image attribution: Sarawat Mountains — أسامة الكاشف, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASarawat_Mountains.jpg ; license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 . CMS derivative: converted to WebP at quality 85; proportionally resized within 2400 × 2400 without enlargement where needed. / نسخة CMS: تحويل إلى WebP بجودة 85 وتصغير تناسبي عند الحاجة ضمن 2400 × 2400 دون تكبير. · License: CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
Mountains

Sarawat Mountains

The Kingdom's highest mountain range, running from the Yemeni border to north of Taif, with its highest peaks such as Al-Sawda and its richest land biodiversity.

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Image attribution: Along the Ridge (2993423284) — Peter Dowley from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAlong_the_Ridge_(2993423284).jpg ; license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 . CMS derivative: converted to WebP at quality 85; proportionally resized within 2400 × 2400 without enlargement where needed. / نسخة CMS: تحويل إلى WebP بجودة 85 وتصغير تناسبي عند الحاجة ضمن 2400 × 2400 دون تكبير. · License: CC BY 2.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0
Mountains

Tuwaiq Mountains

An escarpment forming a narrow plateau in central Saudi Arabia, from the Thuwayrat sands near Al-Zulfi to the edge of the Rub al Khali, also known as Al-Arid.

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Image attribution: Lake at Wadi Hanifah (5218227168) — Peter Dowley from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALake_at_Wadi_Hanifah_(5218227168).jpg ; license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 . CMS derivative: converted to WebP at quality 85; proportionally resized within 2400 × 2400 without enlargement where needed. / نسخة CMS: تحويل إلى WebP بجودة 85 وتصغير تناسبي عند الحاجة ضمن 2400 × 2400 دون تكبير. · License: CC BY 2.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0
Wadis

Wadi Hanifah

A seasonal watercourse in central Saudi Arabia about 160 km long, rising west of Al-Uyaynah and ending in the Al-Sahba sands, on whose banks Diriyah and Riyadh grew.

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Image attribution: Wadi al-Rummah Al Badayea Nov 2018 -4 — Slayym, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AWadi_al-Rummah_Al_Badayea_Nov_2018_-4.jpeg ; license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 . CMS derivative: converted to WebP at quality 85; proportionally resized within 2400 × 2400 without enlargement where needed. / نسخة CMS: تحويل إلى WebP بجودة 85 وتصغير تناسبي عند الحاجة ضمن 2400 × 2400 دون تكبير. · License: CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
Wadis

Wadi Al-Rumah

The Kingdom's longest seasonal watercourse, about 510 km, rising in the Khaybar lava field and crossing seven governorates of Hail and Al-Qassim to the Thuwayrat sands.

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