Site location
Horsh Ehden Nature Reserve is situated on the upper north western slopes of Mount Lebanon, (34˚ 19’ N latitude and 36˚00 E longitude) ranging in altitude from 1200m to 2000m. HENRS is 3 Km far from Ehden, 28 Km far from Zgharta, 33 Km far from Tripoli and 113 Km far from Beirut (Figure 1). Horsh Ehden covers 1700 ha of public land, whereas the forested core of the protected reserve covers little more than 450 ha.
Horsh Ehden has a very distinctive geographic context, being a relatively small forested hillslope area on the upper western flanks of a much larger tract of wilderness zone which includes the main plateau and summit of Lebanon’s highest mountain, Qornet Al-Sawda (3000m). The wilderness zone adjacent to HENR bestows upon the natural landscape aestheticism and enchantment and is regarded as very important natural prop for the ecological viability of HENR, thus it may itself have outstanding value for natural heritage conservation.
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