Jabal Al Harim
| Jabal Al Harim | |
|---|---|
| Jabal Ḥārim | |
 View of Jebal Harim from the Green Valley | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,087 m (6,847 ft) |
| Prominence | 1,727 m (5,666 ft)[1] |
| Isolation | 158.99 km (98.79 mi) |
| Coordinates | 25°58′35.0″N 56°13′56.0″E / 25.976389°N 56.232222°E |
| Naming | |
| Native name | جبل حارم (Arabic) |
| Geography | |
  Jabal Al Harim Location of Jabal Al Harim  Jabal Al Harim Jabal Al Harim (Persian Gulf)  Jabal Al Harim Jabal Al Harim (West and Central Asia) | |
| Location | Musandam Governorate |
| Country |  Oman |
| Parent range | Hajar Mountains |
Jabal Al Harim or Jebel Al Harim (Arabic: جبل حارم, romanized: Jabal Ḥārim)[2] is a peak located in the Hajar Mountains range, north of the Sultanate of Oman, in the Musandam Governorate.
It is the highest mountain in the Musandam Peninsula. It has an elevation of 2,087 m (6,847 ft), a prominence of 1,720 m (5,640 ft) and a considerable topographic isolation of 158.99 km (98.79 mi)[1]
The mountain is located 2.5 km (1.6 mi) southeast of the town and farming area of As Sayh,[3] and its summit is currently occupied by a radar[4] and a military base, which is accessed via a winding dirt road, closed to the public 400 m (1,300 ft) before reaching the highest point.[5]
On the southern and eastern slopes of Jabal Al Harim are located the headwaters[6] of the Wadi Bih, one of the most important wadis in the United Arab Emirates, which originates at this point in the Musandam Governorate (Oman), and expands to through an extensive drainage basin, with an area between 460 km2 (180 sq mi) and 483 km2 (186 sq mi), distributed between the territory of the UAE and Oman (approximately 172.32 km2 (66.53 sq mi) in the UAE and 298.26 km2 (115.16 sq mi) in Oman).[7][8][9][10]
Toponymy
[edit]Alternative names: Jabal Harim, Jebal Al Harim, Jabal al Harim, Jabal al Ḩarīm,[11] Jebal Harim, Jebel Harim,[12] Jabal Ḥārim, Jabal Ḩārim, Jabal Ra'an al-Harim,[13] Shaam Peak,[14] Shuam Peak, jbl harm, جبل حارم
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The name of Jabal Al Harim (with the spelling Jabal al Ḩarīm) appears recorded in the documents and maps prepared between 1950 and 1960 by the British Arabist, cartographer, military officer and diplomat Julian F. Walker,[15] on the occasion of the work carried out for the establishment of the borders between the then called Trucial States, later completed by the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom, with maps at a scale of 1:100,000 published in 1971,[16] and in other previous documents kept in The National Archives, London.[17]
Population
[edit]The geographical area of Jabal al Harim was historically populated by the semi-nomadic Shihuh tribe, section of Bani Hadiyah (Arabic: بني هدية), one of the two main sections of the tribe, which occupied, among other territories, the tribal areas of As Sayḩ and Khanazirah.[18]
See also
[edit]- List of mountains in Oman
- List of wadis of Oman
- List of mountains in the United Arab Emirates
- List of wadis of the United Arab Emirates
- Middle East
References
[edit]- ^ a b www.peakbagger.com - Jebel al Harim, Oman
- ^ www.mindat.org - Jabal Ḩārim
- ^ www.mindat.org - As Sayḩ, Musandam, Oman
- ^ Tribulus - Volume 19 - 2011 - Journal of the Emirates Natural History Group - The Flora of the Ru'us al-Jibal -the Mountains of the Musandam Peninsula: An Annotated Checklist and Selected Observations - Gary R. Feulner - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2011<https://enhg.org/Portals/1/trib/V19/TribulusV19.pdf>
- ^ Darke, Diana, and Walsh, Tony. Oman. India, Bradt Travel Guides, 2017 - pag. 182 <https://www.google.com/books/edition/Oman/h5t5DQAAQBAJ?hl=es&gbpv=1&dq=Jabal+%E1%B8%A8%C4%81rim&pg=PA182&printsec=frontcover>
- ^ https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/river/ River - A river is a large body of fresh, flowing water - education.nationalgeographic.org -National Geographic Society
- ^ Location and catchment area of Wadi Bih in Ras Al Khaimah Emirate (Source Ebraheem et al. 2012) - Natural Disaster Science and Mitigation Engineering: DPRI Reports Wadi Flash Floods - Challenges and Advanced Approaches for Disaster Risk Reduction - Evaluation of the Effect of the Wadi Bih Dam on Groundwater Recharge, UAE - Mohsen Sherif, Abdel Azim Ebraheem, Ampar Shetty, Ahmed Sefelnasr, Khaled Alghafli, and Mohamed Al Asam - January 2022 DOI:10.1007/978-981-16-2904-4_21 LicenseCC BY 4.0 In book: Wadi Flash Floods (pp.509-527) <https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Location-and-catchment-area-of-Wadi-Bih-in-Ras-Al-Khaimah-Emirate-Source-Ebraheem-et-al_fig1_355305388>
- ^ Application of a hydrological model in a data poor arid region catchment: a case study of Wadi Ham - Mohamed Mustafa Al Mulla PhD Thesis Academic Year 2005-2006 - Supervisor: Dr Ian P. Holman - December 1, 2005 - Cranfield University at Silsoe - Institute of Water and Environment <https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/1826/3061/Mohamed%20Al%20Mulla%20Thesis%202005.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y>
- ^ Water Resources and Integrated Management of the United Arab Emirates - Abdulrahman S. Alsharhan, Zeinelabidin E. Rizk - Springer Nature, 17 mar 2020 - 850 páginas - pag. 204-205 <https://books.google.com/books?id=lF7XDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA103&hl=es&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=1#v=onepage&q&f=false>
- ^ Enhancement of Groundwater Recharge from Wadi Al Bih Dam, UAE - Sefelnasr, A.; Ebraheem, A.A.; Faiz, M.A.; Shi, X.; Alghafli, K.; Baig, F.; Al-Rashed, M.; Alshamsi, D.; Ahamed, M.B.; Sherif, M.- Water 2022, 14(21), 3448. doi:10.3390/w14213448
- ^ "Jabal al Ḩarīm GNS:id -787208". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ Burt, J.A. (eds) A Natural History of the Emirates. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37397-8
- ^ Lancaster, William; Lancaster, Fidelity (July 2011). Honour is in Contentment: Life Before Oil in Ras Al-Khaimah (UAE) and Some Neighbouring Regions. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110223408.
- ^ A Collection of Valleys in the Persian Gulf Coast of Arabia, 1937 - AIR 5/1283, Catalogue II/J3/39/0 https://www.agda.ae/en/catalogue/tna/air/5/1284/n/26
- ^ Julian Fortay Walker (1958) - Sketch map drawn by Julian Walker for boundary delimitation: Ras Al Khaimah - The National Archives, London, England
- ^ Map of Trucial States, Muscat and Oman - Rams - Scale 1:100 000 - Published by D Survey, Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom (1971) - Edition 3-GSGS - The National Archives, London, England
- ^ Persian Gulf and Arabian Coast: mountains or mounds - Ref. AIR 5/1284 - 1936 - The National Archives, London, England
- ^ Tribes of Trucial States coast - Ref. FO 371/132894 - 1958 - The National Archives, London, England
External links
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Media related to Jebel Harim at Wikimedia Commons
Hills and mountains on the Arabian Peninsula | |
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Note: Mountains are sorted in alphabetical order, unless where it concerns ranges. The highest confirmed mountains in each country are indicated with 'HP', and those with the highest peak are indicated with 'HP', bearing in mind that in the UAE, the highest mountain and the mountain with the highest peak are different. Outcrops are indicated with 'OC', and outliers with 'OL', and anticlines with 'AC'. Volcanoes are indicated with 'V', volcanic craters with 'VC', lava fields with 'LF', and volcanic fields with 'VF'. Other notes:
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