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The Elba Mountain Protected area is located in the southeastern part of the eastern desert of Egypt, and its mountains are located on the common border between Egypt and Sudan on the Red Sea. The Elba Mountain Protected area is a paradise for wild plant life. The terrain of the region varies from mountains, valleys and plains. Mangrove trees abound on its shores and beautiful coral reefs abound in its waters, surrounded by colorful fish and rare marine animals. This made the Protected area one of the most famous natural Protected area s in the world. Among the most famous Bedouin tribes residing in the Protected area are the Al-Basharia, Al-Ababda and Al-Rashaida tribes, all of which live on grazing and charcoal production. Elba Protected area faces many risks due to the increase in human activity in the field of agriculture, mining and poaching.
There are 73 plant families within the Elba Mountain Protected area , and the number of plant species is 377, the most important of which are the Acacia tree and the Pistacia khinjuk tree. There are also many animal sects, the most important of which is the mammal sect, which number about 23 species, the most important of which is Gazella dorcas, which is one of the endangered animals, and about 174 families. Among the birds, the most important of which are the Egyptian vulture and the eared eagle, and about 22 species of reptiles, the most important of which are the desert monitor and the horned serpent, in addition to the presence of many insects, including butterflies, the most important of which are the Arabian leopard butterfly, the flaming bush, and the dark brown desert butterfly.
There are also many endangered marine organisms within the Protected area , as the number of marine fish within the Elba Mountain Protected area is 104 fish species, the most important of which are the double-sided anemone Amphiprion bicinctus and the head fish Halichoeres hortulanus. There are also many coral reefs, numbering more than 86 species. There are also many sea turtles, numbering about 5,000 species, and the most important families to which the sea turtles belong are Cheloniidae, the most important of which are the green sea turtle Chelonia mydas. There are also many whales, Cetaceans, and there are about 13 species, the most important of which are the oceanic dolphin family Delphinidae and the Balaenopteridae family, and the most important species spread is Dugong dugon.
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