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A pair of fulvous whistling ducks (Dendrocygna bicolor) at Wasit Wetland CentreWasit Wetland Centre is a conservation area in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.It preserves an area of a type of wetland (sabkha or salt plain) once common along the western coastal plains of the UAE and consists of a visitor centre with viewing points to both captive and wild birds, as well as extensive areas of ...
This is a list of wadis in United Arab Emirates arranged by drainage basin. Persian Gulf Dubai ... in Sharjah and Fujairah (tributary of Wadi Helo) [9] [37] [107]
United Arab Emirates accepted the convention on May 11 2001, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2024, The United Arab Emirates have only one World Heritage Site, Al Ain, which was inscribed in 2011. [2]
Wasit Wetland Centre This page was last edited on 31 December 2018, at 21:53 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
The Sharjah Light Festival (SLF) [8] is a light show that takes place annually in the Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The festival was first established in 2010 under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, and has since become an integral part of the ...
Occupation since Umm Al Nar period, major Iron Age metallurgical centre Seih Al Harf: Ras Al Khaimah 2000–1300 BCE Extensive Wadi Suq burial site Shimal: Ras Al Khaimah 2500–1300 BCE Umm Al Nar/Wadi Suq burials Tell Abraq: Umm Al Quwain/Sharjah 2500–400 BCE Major settlement, spanning Umm Al Nar, Wadi Suq and Iron Age Thuqeibah: Sharjah
The island, an environmentally protected area under the Sharjah Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA), [8] [9] has been registered on the list of wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar Convention, [10] [11] [12] and was in 2012 listed as a potential UNESCO World Heritage Site. [13]
Sharjah Heritage Museum is a museum celebrating authentic Emirati culture and tradition, its six galleries featuring a broad variety of objects and displays. Originally established in 2005, the museum opened its doors once more in 2012 in the restored home of Saeed Al Taweel Al Shamsi, a pearl merchant or tawash .