AMMAN, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Jordan's government seeks to add four more natural sites to the UN's World Heritage List, local daily The Jordan Times reported on Thursday.

    The four sites are the Dana, Al Azraq, Al Mujib and Wadi Rum nature reserves, said Fares Juneidi, Secretary General with Jordan's Environment Ministry.

    "Jordan already has three natural sites registered on the World Heritage List, including the ancient city of Petra, Qaser Amra and Umm Rassas. The ministry and concerned authorities are currently preparing to have the new sites added to the list," Juneidi said.

    The Dana reserve, located in Tafila, about 200 km south of Amman, abounds in wildlife such as the Nubian ibex, the mountain gazelle, wolves, fox in addition to numerous trees.

    Azraq, meaning blue in Arabic language, is a unique wetland oasis located in the heart of the semi-arid eastern Jordanian desert. It is a seasonal habitat for a large number of wildlife, though it has lost most of the permanent wetland habitat during the past decade due to lack of rainfall.

    The Mujib reserve is the lowest nature reserve in the world, with its spectacular array of scenery near the east cost of the Dead Sea. It enjoys a magnificent bio-diversity thanks to an elevation variation of 1,300 meters to the north and south.

    The Wadi Rum, located in southwest Jordan, epitomizes the romance of the desert with its "moonscape" of ancient valleys and towering sandstone cliffs. It was here where the Lawrence of Arabia conducted important military liaisons with Sherif Hussein of Mecca during the Arab Revolt earlier in the last century.

    The World Heritage List includes 878 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding universal value.