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Migratory Birds in Saudi Arabia

Migratory Birds in Saudi Arabia are a recurring seasonal phenomenon in which numbers of birds cross the Kingdom's territory along fixed routes between their habitats in the Northern Hemisphere and the African continent. The Kingdom is a passage and a safe habitat for them thanks to its strategic geographic location and its area of more than two million km², with reserves and coastal environments that receive resident and migratory species.

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Image attribution: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons / دييغو ديلسو (Diego Delso)، رخصة CC BY-SA 4.0، عبر ويكيميديا كومنز · License: CC BY-SA 4.0

Mountains

Jabal Uhud

Jabal Uhud is a natural and historic landmark in the Madinah region, north of the Prophet's Mosque, and its area is linked to the Battle of Uhud. It holds the graves of seventy Companions and historic landmarks around it, among them Jabal ar-Rumah, the Sayyid al-Shuhada Mosque and the Al-Fasih Mosque.

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Image attribution: Author: Faisal Al-Abdullah — Source: Wikimedia Commons, File: Manzar min bilad qabilat Hawalah 3.jpeg — License: CC BY-SA 3.0 / المؤلف: Faisal Al-Abdullah — المصدر: ويكيميديا كومنز، ملف «منظر من بلاد قبيلة حوالة3.jpeg» — الرخصة: CC BY-SA 3.0 · License: CC BY-SA 3.0

Mountains

Hijaz Mountains

The Hijaz Mountains are a mountain range in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that embraces a number of peaks and natural landmarks, and its range takes in Jabal an-Nur in Makkah. They are cut through by volcanic lava fields and granite peaks, and among their most prominent landmarks are Jabal Shada in the Al-Bahah region, Jabal al-Lawz in the Tabuk region and Jabal Fifa in the Jazan region.

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Reserves and biodiversity

Ghada Tree

The Ghada tree is a desert plant and one of the most famous plants of the deserts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; it reaches a height of 4 metres and its roots extend for tens of metres until they reach water. It spreads from the Rub' al Khali desert in the south to the northern edge of the An-Nafud desert, it stabilises sand dunes, and Al-Ghada Park in Unaizah Governorate holds the largest botanical garden in the world of Ghada trees.

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Image attribution: Al-Hamad Desert (Al-Hamad Plateau), northern Saudi Arabia — the lead image of the "هضبة الحماد" (Al-Hamad Plateau) article on Saudipedia (the Saudi national encyclopedia, Ministry of Media); author: Ministry of Media — Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Saudipedia); license: All rights reserved to the Ministry of Media (2026); source: https://saudipedia.com/هضبة-الحماد — original file: https://saudipedia.com/var/site/storage/images/7/4/4/4/2374447-1-ara-SA/e28cf2115848-184416.jpg — modification: downscaled only (no upscaling, no cropping) and placed whole and sharp in the centre of a 1920×672 canvas with a cream background #f4efe5 carrying a blurred copy of the same photograph. / صحراء الحماد (هضبة الحماد) بشمال المملكة العربية السعودية — الصورة الرئيسة لمقالة «هضبة الحماد» على سعوديبيديا (الموسوعة الوطنية السعودية، وزارة الإعلام)؛ المؤلف: وزارة الإعلام — المملكة العربية السعودية (سعوديبيديا)؛ الرخصة: جميع الحقوق محفوظة لوزارة الإعلام (٢٠٢٦)؛ المصدر: https://saudipedia.com/هضبة-الحماد — رابط الأصل: https://saudipedia.com/var/site/storage/images/7/4/4/4/2374447-1-ara-SA/e28cf2115848-184416.jpg — التغيير: تصغير فقط (بلا تكبير وبلا قص) ووضع الصورة كاملة حادّة في وسط كانفس ١٩٢٠×٦٧٢ بخلفية كريميّة #f4efe5 تحمل نسخة مموّهة من الصورة نفسها. · License: جميع الحقوق محفوظة — وزارة الإعلام، المملكة العربية السعودية (سعوديبيديا)

2023–2026

Al-Hamad Desert

Al-Hamad Desert is a desert area in the Northern Borders Region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, close to the city of Arar and Al-Uwayqilah Governorate. It is one of the most prominent stations crossed by migratory falcons during the al-Maqnas season, which begins in October each year.

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