The Shammar Mountains () is a mountain range in the northwestern
Saudi Arabia
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province of Ha'il. It includes the Ajā () and
Salma subranges.
Geology
The Aja Mountains are to an extent made up of
granite
Granite ( ) is a coarse-grained (phanerite, phaneritic) intrusive rock, intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly coo ...
, whereas the Salma are made up of
basalt
Basalt (; ) is an aphanite, aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the planetary surface, surface of a terrestrial ...
.
The phrase "Hadn formation" was used by Chevremont (1982) to refer to
volcanic rock
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s of the area of Ha'il, and was treated by Hadley and Schmidt (1980) as being part of a
silicic and
volcaniclastic
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sequence referred to as the "Shammar group", in a broader, regional context.
Wildlife
The
protected area of Jabal Aja is of
ecological
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significance.
Two
Asiatic cheetahs, the last known in the country, were killed near Ha'il in 1973, and their skins kept near the Imara Palace for a few days.
Peaks
* Mount Aja ()
* Mount Samra' ()
Gallery
File:Alsamra.jpg, A view of Ha'il City from the top of Samra Mountain
File:صورة طائر غريب من وحي الطبيعة - panoramio - Abothamer Homoud.jpg, Natural bird shape
File:Mahagah2.jpg, Mahajah rock formation
See also
*
Adayra Valley
*
Emirate of Jabal Shammar
*
Ghor es-Safi
*
List of mountains in Saudi Arabia
* People:
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Al Fadl
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Jarrahids
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Shammar
The tribe of Shammar () is a tribal Arab Qahtanite confederation, descended from the Tayy, which migrated into the northern Arabian Peninsula from Yemen in the second century. It is the largest branch of the Tayy, and one of the largest and mos ...
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Tayy'
References
External links
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Mountain ranges of Saudi Arabia
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