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Jebel Qihwi
Jabal Qihwi or Jabal Qa'wah () (), along with the Jabal Al Harim () and Jabal Bil Ays / Jebel Jais (), are the three highest and most representative mountains of the Musandam Governorate, in Oman. Jabal Qihwi has a prominence of and a topographic isolation of , and rises in the central area of the western boundary of the drainage divide of Karsha / Wadi Khabb Shamsi. Its summit lies on the drainage divide, between the basins of the Wadi Khabb Shamsi (which pours into the Gulf of Oman) and the Wadi Bih, which has its main sources of origin on the southern and eastern slopes of the Jabal Al Harim (), also in the Musandam Governorate, and pours into the Persian Gulf, landing in United Arab Emirates territory. The steep slope of the mountain, divided into short and high steps, contains two relevant peaks: the northern peak (Jabal Qihwi), and a lesser peak to the south, on which there is a weather station, is named Jabal Khabb in some maps, with an elevation of . At north o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hajar Mountains
The Hajar Mountains (, ''The Rock (geology), Rocky Mountains'' or ''The Stone Mountains'') are one of the highest mountain ranges in the Arabian Peninsula, shared between northern Oman and eastern United Arab Emirates. Also known as "Oman Mountains", they separate the low coastal plain of Oman from the high desert plateau, and lie inland from the Gulf of Oman. ''Al'' () means "the", and ''Ḥajar'' () means "stone" or "rock". So ''al-Ḥajar'' () is named as "the stone" or "the rock". Geology Orography and tectonic setting The Hajar Mountains extend for through the United Arab Emirates, UAE and Oman. They are located on the north-east corner of the Arabian Plate, reaching from the Musandam Peninsula through to the east coast of Oman. The range is about wide, with Jebel Shams, Jabal Shams being the highest peak at in the central region of the mountains. Currently, the Arabian Plate is moving north relative to the Eurasian Plate at per year. Continental collision is o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
