Al-Qarāʾ Mountains

mountains, Oman

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Arabia
- In Arabia: Dhofar (Ẓufār)
  The Qarāʾ Mountains in Dhofar, the southern province of the sultanate of Oman, are about 3,000 feet high, with one peak higher than 5,000 feet. The monsoon keeps the seaward (southern) side of the mountains, as well as the coastal plain, fertile. A gradual slope leads…
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Dhofar
- In Dhofar
  …(16 km) inland the rugged Al-Qarāʾ Mountains rise to heights between 3,000 and 4,000 feet (900 and 1,200 metres). Farther north the Al-Qarāʾ Mountains give way to a pebbly desert, beyond which lies the Rubʿ al-Khali (“Empty Quarter”) of Saudi Arabia.
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