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[2] [3] The etchplains are commonly associated with laterite soil and inselbergs. [2] Inselberg-dotted plains are common in Africa including Tanzania, [4] the Anti-Atlas of Morocco, [2] Namibia, [5] and the interior of Angola. [6] One of the most wideaspread plain is the African Surface, a composite etchplain occurring across much of the ...
Geography of the Arab world; Continent: Asia and Africa: Area • Total: 13,333,296 km 2 (5,148,014 sq mi) Highest point: Jbel Toubkal 4,165 m [1] [failed verification] Lowest point: Lac Assal −155 m [2] Longest river: Nile 6,853 km
The Yemeni part (Arabic: تِهَامَة ٱلْيَمَن, romanized: Tihāmat Al-Yaman) is an extension of Tihamat ʿAsir. [6] The plain is constricted and attains its greatest widths, 60 to 80 km (37 to 50 miles), south of Medina and Mecca. [1] The cities of Yanbu, Jeddah and Al Qunfudhah are located in the Hijazi part of the Tihamah.
Kota Bharu was founded during the late 19th century. Before the establishment, Kota Bharu was home to Kelantan's Royal Palace, then established by Sultan Muhammad II of Kelantan in 1844 as Kelantan's state capital who wanted the new state capital built in his honour. [2]
exclusive economic zone: 564,748 km 2 (218,050 sq mi) and 200 nmi (370.4 km; 230.2 mi) Terrain: Mostly high plateau; Namib Desert along the coast; Kalahari Desert in the east. In the north near the border with Angola there is a flat area that has been designated by the World Wildlife Fund as part of the Angolan mopane woodlands ecoregion .
This depression, covering 73 km 2 (28 sq mi), is largely situated below sea level and contains the lowest point in Qatar at −6 metres (−20 ft) below the sea's surface. [24] It stretches 24 kilometres from north to south and 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from east to west. [ 23 ]
It has a nearly round shape with the diameter varying between 11 and 18 km (6.8 and 11.2 mi) and giving an average value of 15 km (9.3 mi). [ 5 ] [ 14 ] The shores are winding and contain many small bays; there are many small sandy islands ( noko ), rocks and coral reefs off the coast with the size up to 600 m (2,000 ft). [ 3 ]
The bay opens to the north and is about 4.2 km long and 4 km wide. There is a shallow lagoon lying south of the bay, separated from it by an area of beach ridges and swales with saltpans . The lagoon is 3.7 km in length and 1 km wide and is enveloped by sandy desert on its eastern side. [ 4 ]