Ain Zayanah is a protected area of Libya.[1] It has an area of 500 hectares, and covers the Ayn Zayanah lagoon and a portion of the coast 15 km northeast of Benghazi. It is a component of the Benghazi Nature Reserve.[2]

In the Ain Zayanah lagoon there is a large representation of macroinvertebrates.[3]

The various species of fish, amphipods, isopods, cladocerans, copepods and molluscs mainly represent the animal world in the Ain Zayanah lagoon.[4]

References

  1. "Parks, Reserves, and Other Protected Areas in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya". Parks.it. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  2. "Benghazi". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  3. "Taxonomical study on macroinvertebrates in Ain- Zayanah lagoon".
  4. "An ecological approach to ain zayanah lagoon, banghazi, libya". www.envirobiotechjournals.com. Retrieved 2020-08-18.

32°13′N 20°9′E / 32.217°N 20.150°E / 32.217; 20.150


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