Aammiq Wetland in order to maintain the health of the vegetation cover and the swamp itself, since buffalo graze wetlands in a more efficient way than other herbivores. The mammals recorded in the region include: southern white-breasted hedgehog ("Erinaceus concolor"), Cape hare ("Lepus capensis"), Caucasian squirrel ("Sciurus anomalus"), Indian porcupine ("Hystrix indica"), gray wolf ("Canis lupus"), red fox ("Vulpes vulpes"), European otter ("Lutra lutra"), European badger ("Meles meles"), striped hyena ("Hyaena hyaena"), mountain gazelle ("Gazella gazella"), wild boar ("Sus scrofa"). Birds: Nearly 260 bird species have been recorded in the Aammiq region either by A Rocha personnel or people working with A
River Meles sources describe Meles as a very short stream rising at a number of springs close together in the outskirts of the city to form immediately a circular-shaped lake and joining the sea within eyeview, with a steady and equal flow, alike in summer and winter and navigable almost until its source. The description applies remarkably well to the stream which reaches the sea at a short distance east of the "19th century Kemer – Caravan Bridge Meles" stream, and which is not even a stream in the strict sense of the word, but consist of numerous sources which form at