Salma Mountains

The Salma Mountains (Arabic: جِبَال سَلْمَى, romanized: Jibāl Salmā) is a mountain range in Ha'il Province, Saudi Arabia.[1] Like the Ajā, this range is part of the Shammar range.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Musil, Alois (1928). "Northern Neğd: A Topographical Itinerary" (5). American Geographical Society: 76. The mountain chain of Salma extends for fifty-five kilometers from southwest to northeast in a vast plain and has an average width of only seven kilometers {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ Cavendish, Marshall (2007). World and Its Peoples. Vol. 1. Cavendish Square Publishing. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-7614-7571-2.
  3. ^ المجاري المائية]، هيئة المساحة الجيوليوجية السعودية - حقائق وأرقام، ص: 65. (PDF) (in Arabic), Saudi Geological Survey, 2012, archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-26

External links

  • Map showing the study area of Salma Mountains
  • Mid of Salma Mountains

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Hills and mountains on the Arabian Peninsula
 Oman
Hajar range[a]
Central Hajar
  • Jebel Akhdar[b]
  • Jebel Shams (H)[c]
Eastern Hajar
  • Jabal Aswad
  • Jabal Bani Jabar
Western Hajar[d]
Ru'us al-Jibal[e]
  • Jabal Harim
  • Jabal Qiwhi
Jebel Shams of the Western-Central Hajar range, Oman
Dhofar range
 Saudi Arabia
Sarat range[f]
'Asir range[h]
Al-Bahah
  • Jabal Shada [ar]
Jizan
Najran
  • Jabal Abu Hamdan
  • Jabal Raum
Hijaz range[i]
Midian range
Sarat Mountains in the area of Al-Bahah, Saudi Arabia
Shammar range
Aja range
Tuwayr range
 United Arab Emirates
Western Hajar[j]
Ru'us al-Jibal[k]
Shumayliyyah range[n]
Outliers, outcrops or anticlines
Jebel Jais of the Western Hajar in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
 Yemen
Hadhramaut range
  • Jabal Ar-Rays?
  • Jabal Husn Ghuraf
  • Jebel Shaqb?
Sarat Mountains near Ma'rib, Yemen
Sarat range[p]
Haraz range
Note: Mountains are sorted in alphabetical order, unless where it concerns ranges. The highest confirmed mountains in each country are indicated with 'HP', and those with the highest peak are indicated with 'HP', bearing in mind that in the UAE, the highest mountain and the mountain with the highest peak are different. Outcrops are indicated with 'OC', and outliers with 'OL', and anticlines with 'AC'. Volcanoes are indicated with 'V', volcanic craters with 'VC', lava fields with 'LF', and volcanic fields with 'VF'.

Other notes:

  1. ^ Shared with the UAE
  2. ^ Also regarded as being of the Western Hajar
  3. ^ Also regarded as being of the Western Hajar
  4. ^ Shared with the UAE
  5. ^ Shared with the UAE
  6. ^ Sensu lato, shared with Yemen
  7. ^ Shared with Yemen
  8. ^ Sensu lato
  9. ^ Sensu lato
  10. ^ Shared with Oman
  11. ^ Shared with Oman
  12. ^ Highest mountain in the UAE, but the peak is in Oman
  13. ^ Due to the peak of Jebel Jais being in Oman, this mountain has the highest confirmed peak in the UAE
  14. ^ Shared with Oman
  15. ^ Shared with Oman
  16. ^ Shared with Saudi Arabia
  17. ^ Highest confirmed peak in the Arabian Peninsula
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