The Dhofar Mountains ( ar, جِبَال ظُفَار, Jibāl Ẓufār) are a mountain range in the southeastern part of the
Arabian Peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plat ...
. In a broad sense, they extend from
Dhofar Governorate
The Dhofar Governorate ( ar, مُحَافَظَة ظُفَار, Muḥāfaẓat Ẓufār) is the largest of the 11 Governorates in the Sultanate of Oman in terms of area. It lies in Southern Oman, on the eastern border with Yemen's Al Mahrah ...
in
Oman
Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of ...
to
Hadhramaut Governorate in
Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and ...
, and are located between the
Hajar in the northern part of Oman, and the
Sarawat in the western part of Yemen.
Otherwise, the range in the eastern part of Yemen, particularly near
Mukalla
Mukalla ( ar, ٱلْمُكَلَّا, ') is a seaport and the capital city of Yemen's largest governorate, Hadhramaut. The city is in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula on the Gulf of Aden, on the shores of the Arabian Sea, about east of ...
, is referred to as the "
Hadhramaut"
or "Mahrat".
Geology
Al-Qara Mountains ( ar, جِبَال ٱلْقَارَة, Jibāl Al-Qārah) are a subrange of the Dhofar,
Jabal Al-Qamar ( ar, جَبَل ٱلْقَمَر) and
Jabal Samhan
Jabal, Jabel, Jebel or Jibal may refer to:
People
* Jabal (name), a male Arabic given name
* Jabal (Bible), mentioned in the Hebrew Bible
Places
In Arabic, ''jabal'' or ''jebel'' (spelling variants of the same word) means 'mountain'.
* Dzhebel, ...
are part of this range,
The latter is the highest point at about .
Wildlife
The
Arabian leopard thrives here, particularly in
Jabal Samhan Nature Reserve
Jabal Samhan Nature Reserve ( ar, محمية جبل سمحان) is a nature reserve in the area of ''Jabal Samḥān'' ( ar, جَبَل سَمْحَان, "Mount Samhan") in Dhofar, Oman. It has an area of and has no permanent population. Being i ...
.
The
Asiatic cheetah
The Asiatic cheetah (''Acinonyx jubatus venaticus'') is a critically endangered cheetah subspecies currently only surviving in Iran. It once occurred from the Arabian Peninsula and the Near East to the Caspian region, Transcaucasus, Kyzylkum ...
used to occur in this region. Oman's last known cheetah was killed near
Jibjat in 1977 (Harrison, 1983).
In December 2018, a
Schokari sand racer was spotted in a mountain in this region.
Gallery
File:Ayn Jarziz - panoramio.jpg, Ayn Jarziz with the greenery typical of the ''Kharīf'' (autumn)
File:Salalah camels - panoramio.jpg, Camel
A camel (from: la, camelus and grc-gre, κάμηλος (''kamēlos'') from Hebrew or Phoenician: גָמָל ''gāmāl''.) is an even-toed ungulate in the genus ''Camelus'' that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back. ...
s in the vicinity of Salalah
File:Hills and camels, Salalah, Oman - panoramio.jpg, Camels walking in the rugged landscape, outside the ''Kharīf'' season
File:24 Rene and Mike on camel.tif, Camel ride in 1948
File:Jebel Qara - moschea presso la tomba di Giobbe - panoramio.jpg, Claimed to be the mosque where the remains of Ayyub ( Job) are located
File:Salalah - dromedari al pascolo - panoramio.jpg, Trees and camels
File:Dhofar Oman Banner.jpg, Landscape of Al-Qarah Mountains
See also
*
Geography of Oman
*
Hills of Masirah Island
*
South Arabia
South Arabia () is a historical region that consists of the southern region of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia, mainly centered in what is now the Republic of Yemen, yet it has also historically included Najran, Jizan, Al-Bahah, and 'As ...
**
South Arabian fog woodlands, shrublands, and dune
**
Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna
References
External links
Wildlife: Snapshots from DhofarCNN explores Oman's Dhofar Mountains and the critically endangered Arabian leopard(
YouTube
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)
The Dhofar Mountains in Oman. Samhan mountain by Salim Al Barwani2 Discover Dhofar Mountains 2016 #GoProرحلة إعادة إكتشاف جبال ظفار Discover Dhofar Mountains 2015 #GoPro
Mountain ranges of Oman
Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna
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