Ain Zayanah is a protected area of
Libya
Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...
. 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.
In the Ain Zayanah lagoon there is a large representation of ''macroinvertebrates''.
The various species of fish, amphipods, isopods, cladocerans, copepods and molluscs mainly represent the animal world in the Ain Zayanah lagoon.
References
Protected areas of Libya
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