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The Guban (Somali: Guban, 'burnt' [1] or 'burned' [2]) is the indigenous name for Somaliland. See also. Somaliland portal; References
Eritrean Coastal Desert – a desert lying along the southern part of the coast of Eritrea and the coast of Djibouti; Guban Desert – a desert lying along the coast of northwestern Somalia; Grand Bara Desert – a desert covering parts of south Djibouti; Chalbi Desert – a desert in northern Kenya along the border with Ethiopia
Scrub-covered, this plain, known as the Guban (scrub land), is crossed by broad, shallow watercourses that are beds of dry sand except in the rainy seasons. When the rains arrive, the vegetation, which is a combination of low bushes and grass clumps, is quickly renewed, and for a time the guban provides some grazing for nomad livestock.
In the north and northwest, along the Gulf of Aden, lie the coastal plains of the Guban region. The plains are a low region that are, on average, just 500 metres above sea level. The low altitude of the region makes it hot and dry, and it receives little rain throughout the year. The Guban contains the port cities of Berbera and Zeylac. The ...
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The Awdal, Sahil and Maroodi Jeex regions are fertile and mountainous, while Togdheer is mostly semi-desert with little fertile greenery around. The Awdal region is also known for its offshore islands, coral reefs and mangroves. A scrub-covered, semi-desert plain referred as the Guban lies parallel to the Gulf of Aden littoral. With a width of ...
Holhol is located between the Guban Desert on the east and the Gagegando Mountains on the west. Much of the landscape is rocky and arid, with desert vegetation and ...
Asha Addo (Somali: Caashacado) is a village located in the Zeila district of the Awdal Region, in Somaliland. The village lies on both sides of a wadi (a mostly dry riverbed) in the Guban, a desert-like coastal steppe.