Wadi al-Quff Reserve

Wadi al-Quff Reserve
LocationHebron Governorate, West Bank
Nearest cityTarqumiyah

Wadi al-Quff Nature Reserve (Arabic: محمية وادي القفّ) is a nature reserve located in Wadi el-Quff near the town of Tarqumiyah in the Hebron Governorate, in the southern part of the West Bank.[1]

Geography

Located in Wadi el-Quff 6 km northwest of the city of Hebron, it is the largest green area in the West Bank, covering an area of more than 4,600 dunams.[2]

Wildlife and biodiversity

The reserve was planted with forest trees such as cypress, Aleppo pine, oak, swede, tamarisk, carob, and terebinth.[3] It contains dense forests, which provide a safe haven for a wildlife including many migratory birds and butterflies.[4] Freshwater springs flow through it, irrigating the agricultural plants. It is considered a park for residents of the governorate and surrounding areas.[5]

Archaeological sites

  • "Wadi Al-Quff Reserve Trail". At Mahmiyat.ps, a project of the Hanns Seidel Foundation. Retrieved 7 February 2026. With hiking trail, fauna and flora.

References

  1. ^ "محمية وادي القف". محميات فلسطين.
  2. ^ "مسار محمية وادي القف". محميات فلسطين.
  3. ^ "محمية واد القف" [Wadi el-Qaf Reserve] (PDF) (in Arabic). Retrieved June 10, 2025.
  4. ^ "زراعة أشجار وصناعة مقاعد خشبية بفعالية بيئية في محمية" [Planting trees and manufacturing wooden benches in an environmentally friendly manner within a nature reserve]. WAFA Agency (in Arabic).
  5. ^ "وادِي القف.. المحمية الخضراء منذ العهد العثماني!" [Wadi al-Quff... The green reserve since the Ottoman era!]. palinfo.com (in Arabic). September 25, 2017.