Maḥmīyat ʻUrūq Banī Maʻāriḍ (Saudi Arabia)

found: Work cat.: Elect. reprod./Strauss, W.M. An ecological study of reintroduced Arabian oryx in the ʻUruq Bani Maʻarid Protected Area of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2003:PDF p. 10 (ʻUruq Bani Maʻarid Protected Area is located approx. halfway between the cities of Wadi D'Awasir and Najran in Saudi Arabia; on the western edge of the Empty Quarter; protected area was proclaimed in 1994; divided into three zones: a core protected area of 2400 sq km, a managed grazing zone of 5500 sq km, and a controlled hunting area of 4400 sq km. The core protected area and the managed grazing area correspond with the Special Nature Reserve and Resource Use Reserve categories respectively, while the controlled hunting area corresponds with the Controlled Hunting Reserve category)

found: World Database on Protected Areas, via WWW, July 24, 2006('Uruq Bani Ma'arid. Country: Saudi Arabia. State: Riyadh Emirate. Designation: Protected Area. Size: 550,000 hectares. Latitude 19deg.22min.22sec.N (19.373deg.), Longitude 45deg.34min.52sec.E (45.581deg.). Date: 1 January1994. Management: Public - National. Administration: Public - National. Ownership: Public - State/Provincial)

found: National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development Web site, July 24, 2006:English pages/protected areas (ʻUruq Bani Maʻarid. Date established: 1994. Category: SNR/RUR. Size: 11,980 sq. km) Arabic version (Maḥmīyat ʻUrūq Banī Maʻāriḍ)