The Dhofar Mountains ( ar, جِبَال ظُفَار, Jibāl Ẓufār) are a mountain range in the southeastern part of the

Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate ...

. In a broad sense, they extend from

Dhofar Governorate The Dhofar Governorate ( ar, مُحَافَظَة ظُفَار, Muḥāfaẓat Ẓufār) is the largest of the 11 Governorates in the Sultanate of Oman in terms of area. It lies in Southern Oman, on the eastern border with Yemen's Al Mahrah Go ...

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...

Hadhramaut Governorate Hadhramaut or Hadramawt or Hadramout ( ar, حضرموت ''Ḥaḍramawt'') is a governorate of Yemen. Lying within the large historical region of Hadhramaut, it is the country's largest governorate. The capital of Hadhramut is the city of Muka ...

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

, and are located between the Hajar in the northern part of Oman, and the

Sarawat The Sarawat Mountains ( ar, جِبَالُ ٱلسَّرَوَاتِ, Jibāl as-Sarawāt), also known as the Sarat, is a part of the Hijaz mountains in the western part of the Arabian Peninsula. In a broad sense, it runs parallel to the eastern c ...

in the western part of Yemen. Otherwise, the range in the eastern part of Yemen, particularly near

Mukalla Mukalla ( ar, ٱلْمُكَلَّا, ') is a seaport and the capital city of Yemen's largest governorate, Hadhramaut. The city is in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula on the Gulf of Aden, on the shores of the Arabian Sea, about east of ...

, is referred to as the "

Hadhramaut Hadhramaut ( ar, حَضْرَمَوْتُ \ حَضْرَمُوتُ, Ḥaḍramawt / Ḥaḍramūt; Hadramautic: 𐩢𐩳𐩧𐩣𐩩, ''Ḥḍrmt'') is a region in South Arabia, comprising eastern Yemen, parts of western Oman and southern Sau ...

" or "Mahrat".

Geology

Al-Qara Mountains ( ar, جِبَال ٱلْقَارَة, Jibāl Al-Qārah) are a subrange of the Dhofar, Jabal Al-Qamar ( ar, جَبَل ٱلْقَمَر) and

Jabal Samhan Jabal, Jabel, Jebel or Jibal may refer to: People * Jabal (name), a male Arabic given name * Jabal (Bible), mentioned in the Hebrew Bible Places In Arabic, ''jabal'' or ''jebel'' (spelling variants of the same word) means 'mountain'. * Dzhebel ...

are part of this range, The latter is the highest point at about .

Wildlife

The

Arabian leopard The Arabian leopard (''Panthera pardus nimr'') is a leopard subspecies native to the Arabian Peninsula. It has been listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 1996 as fewer than 200 wild individuals were estimated to be alive ...

thrives here, particularly in

Jabal Samhan Nature Reserve Jabal Samhan Nature Reserve ( ar, محمية جبل سمحان) is a nature reserve in the area of ''Jabal Samḥān'' ( ar, جَبَل سَمْحَان, "Mount Samhan") in Dhofar, Oman. It has an area of and has no permanent population. Being in ...

. The

Asiatic cheetah The Asiatic cheetah (''Acinonyx jubatus venaticus'') is a critically endangered cheetah subspecies currently only surviving in Iran. It once occurred from the Arabian Peninsula and the Near East to the Caspian region, Transcaucasus, Kyzylkum D ...

used to occur in this region. Oman's last known cheetah was killed near

Jibjat Jibjat ( ar, جِبْجَات) is a village in Taqah Province, Dhofar Governorate, in southwestern Oman.National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. GeoNames database entry.search Accessed 12 May 2011. See also * Dhofar Mountains The Dhofar Mo ...

in 1977 (Harrison, 1983). In December 2018, a

Schokari sand racer The Schokari sand racer (''Psammophis schokari'') is a species of psammophiid snake found in parts of Asia and Africa. ''Psammophis schokari aegyptius'' has been elevated to species status. Many people refer to snakes in the genus ''Psammophis'' ...

was spotted in a mountain in this region.

Gallery

File:Ayn Jarziz - panoramio.jpg, Ayn Jarziz with the greenery typical of the ''Kharīf'' (autumn) File:Salalah camels - panoramio.jpg,

Camel A camel (from: la, camelus and grc-gre, κάμηλος (''kamēlos'') from Hebrew or Phoenician: גָמָל ''gāmāl''.) is an even-toed ungulate in the genus ''Camelus'' that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back. C ...

s in the vicinity of Salalah File:Hills and camels, Salalah, Oman - panoramio.jpg, Camels walking in the rugged landscape, outside the ''Kharīf'' season File:24 Rene and Mike on camel.tif, Camel ride in 1948 File:Jebel Qara - moschea presso la tomba di Giobbe - panoramio.jpg, Claimed to be the mosque where the remains of Ayyub (

Job Work or labor (or labour in British English) is intentional activity people perform to support the needs and wants of themselves, others, or a wider community. In the context of economics, work can be viewed as the human activity that contr ...

) are located File:Salalah - dromedari al pascolo - panoramio.jpg, Trees and camels File:Dhofar Oman Banner.jpg, Landscape of Al-Qarah Mountains

References

External links

Wildlife: Snapshots from Dhofar

CNN explores Oman's Dhofar Mountains and the critically endangered Arabian leopard
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The Dhofar Mountains in Oman. Samhan mountain by Salim Al Barwani

2 Discover Dhofar Mountains 2016 #GoPro

رحلة إعادة إكتشاف جبال ظفار Discover Dhofar Mountains 2015 #GoPro
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