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The island has an area of approximately 3,600 km 2, [10] and measures 132 kilometres (82 mi) in length and 49.7 kilometres (30.9 mi) in width. [11] Socotra lies some 240 kilometres (150 mi) east of the coast of Somalia and 380 kilometres (240 mi) south of the Arabian Peninsula. [12] A coastal plain, up to 5 km wide, extends around most of Socotra.
Socotra is the largest island in the Socotra Archipelago, which also includes Abd al Kuri, Samhah, and Darsah. The islands are in the Indian Ocean east of the Horn of Africa and south of the Arabian Peninsula .
Endemic flora of Socotra — an island off the northeastern coast of Africa in the Red Sea. The native flora of the island of Socotra is biogeographically under the Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa. Socotra is politically within Yemen, whose mainland is across the Red Sea.
Aldabra Island xeric scrub: Seychelles: East Saharan montane xeric woodlands: Chad, Sudan: Eritrean coastal desert: Djibouti, Eritrea: Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan: Gulf of Oman desert and semi-desert: Oman, United Arab Emirates: Hobyo grasslands and shrublands: Somalia: Ile Europa and ...
San Lucan xeric scrub; Sechura Desert; Snake–Columbia shrub steppe; Socotra Island xeric shrublands; Somali montane xeric woodlands; Sonoran Desert; South Iran Nubo–Sindian desert and semi-desert; South Saharan steppe and woodlands; Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna; Southwestern Arabian montane woodlands; Succulent Karoo
Lasiosiphon socotranus is a species of plant in the Thymelaeaceae family. It is a shrub endemic to the island of Socotra in Yemen.It is abundant in semi-deciduous woodland and shrubland on the island's western limestone plateaus and at the summit of the eastern limestone escarpment, and dominant in woodland in the northern wadis of the Hajhir Mountains, from 300 to 800 metres elevation.
Socotra is the most isolated island in the world and lies 200 miles southeast from the coast of Yemen. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
Croton socotranus is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to Socotra. [2] A shrub, it is dominant in the meterhel croton shrubland, co-dominant in the shirmihin d'efer mixed deciduous shrubland, and is found in many other shrubland biotopes.