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An extensive greening programme is in progress. Areas along the roads are surprisingly colorful for a desert city, with grass, palm trees and flowers being constantly maintained by an army of workers and watered around the clock. The city also boasts a large number of attractive and well-kept parks.
 With regards to indigenous flora - the date palm is the most obvious and this provides wonderful seas of green in the oases. Heading towards the mountains, flat topped Acacia trees and wild grasses give a feeling of 'African Savannah'. The deserts are often surprisingly green, even during the dry summer months.
ndigenous fauna includes the Arabian leopard and the ibex, but sightings of them are extremely rare. Realistically, the only large animals you will see are camels and goats, (often roaming dangerously close to roads). Other desert life includes the sand cat, sand fox and desert hare, plus gerbil, snakes and geckos.
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