"It's a biodiversity hotspot." About three million people will have a chance to visit the desert landscape on their way to or from the Museum.

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Over the next few decades, as the irrigation policy continued, fishing villages that had once been situated right on the coastline found themselves in the middle of a desert landscape.

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Wadi Rum is a varied desert landscape consisting of a range of narrow gorges, natural arches, towering cliffs, ramps, massive landslides and caverns.

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There was a great contrast between desert landscape, lush farmland and urban development.

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