Wardija Ridge
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Wardija Ridge is a very scenic plateau, one of a group in the north of Malta
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

. The ridge is sparsely populated making it an ideal walking location. There is lots of flora and fauna and Wardija Ridge has recently been protected.

Wardija ridge, Il-Ballut tal-Wardija and Il-Wied ta' San Martin run in a Southwestern - Northeastern direction from the Ghajn Tuffieha area in Mgarr to the Xemxija Bay area in St.Paul's Bay
St. Paul's Bay
Saint Paul's Bay is a town in Malta, situated in the north east of the island of Malta, sixteen kilometres from the capital city Valletta.Its name refers to the shipwreck of Saint Paul, as documented in the Acts of the Apostles, due to the tradition that Saint Paul was shipwrecked on the isles,...

. The Northern ridge edge is interrupted by a series of valley systems which discharge into il-Wied tal-Pwales.

The landscape plateaus, that have been assigned a Level 2 degree of protection as Areas of Ecological Importance and Sites of Scientific Importance, support important garigue communities characterised by rare species.

Other levels of protection have been given to the three valley systems in the scheduled areas, the upper reaches of the watercourse of Il-Wied ta' San Martin and the Southern part of the promontory at the area known as L-Argentier.
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