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Khareef (Arabic: خَرِيْف, romanized: Kharīf, autumn) is a colloquial Arabic term used in Oman, southeastern Yemen, southwestern Saudi Arabia and Sudan for the southeastern monsoon. The monsoon affects Dhofar and Al Mahrah Governorates from about June to early September.
The most extreme weather events in Oman are tropical storms that form in the Arabian Sea. Following is the list of tropical storms that affected Oman, including Muscat, during the 21st century. In 2002, a cyclonic storm hit the Dhofar region of Oman. In 2007, a category 5 Cyclone Gonu caused squally winds and rains to the city of Muscat. [7]
Salalah is the third-largest city in the Sultanate of Oman, and the largest city in the Dhofar province. Salalah is the birthplace of former Omani Sultan Qaboos bin Said [2]. Salalah attracts many tourists from other parts of Oman and from abroad during the monsoon/khareef season, from June to September.
The ecoregion occupies an area of 19,913 km 2 (7,688 sq mi) in eastern Yemen and southern Oman's Dhofar Governorate. The ecoregion covers four separate areas. The westernmost is the Ureys (or Areys) range, a coastal mountain range that rises east of the town of Shuqrah, 150 kilometres northeast of Aden. The range is made up of dark igneous rock ...
The 2024–25 Oman Professional League is the 49th edition of the Oman Professional League, the top football league in Oman. The season started on 15 August 2024 and scheduled to conclude in May 2025.
Wakan, Wukan [1] or Wekan [2] (Arabic: وكان, romanized: wkān) is a village in the wilayah of Nakhal in Oman.It lies on the slopes of the Wadi Mistal mountains at an altitude of approximately 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) above sea level [3] [4] [nb 1] in the Western Hajar Mountains, 140 kilometres (87 mi) from Muscat and 56 kilometres (35 mi) from Nakhal.
A study by Hokkaido University on fossil corals in Oman provides an evidence that prolonged winter shamal seasons around 2200 BCE led to the salinization of the irrigated fields; hence, a dramatic decrease in crop production triggered a widespread famine and eventually the collapse of the ancient Akkadian Empire. [5] [6]
The following is a list of ecoregions in Oman, as identified by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF). Terrestrial ecoregions.