Asir Mountains

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• 'Asir Province — Asir redirects here. For the city in Iran, see Asir, Iran. For the administrative subdivision of Iran, see Asir District. Coordinates: 19°0′N 43°0′E / 19°N 43°E / 19; 43 …   Wikipedia

• Asir — /ah sear /, n. a district in SW Saudi Arabia. * * * ▪ region, Saudi Arabia Arabic  ʿasīr        (“Difficult Country”), region of southwestern Saudi Arabia immediately north of Yemen. Asir consists of about 40,000 square miles (100,000 square km)… …   Universalium

• Tihāmat ʿAsīr — ▪ coastal plain, Saudi Arabia       coastal plain of the Asir region, southwestern Saudi Arabia. It is the central southern section of the great Tihāmah (coastal plain), running down the west coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is situated between …   Universalium

• Sarawat Mountains — The Sarawat Mountains or the Sarat ( ar. جبال السروات) is a mountain range running parallel to the western coast of the Arabian Peninsula and is among the Peninsula s most prominent geographical features. The Sarawat start from the border of… …   Wikipedia

• Hijaz mountains — The Hijaz or Hejaz range of mountains is located in the Hejaz region, close to the western coast of Saudi Arabia. The western coastal escarpment is composed of two mountain ranges, the Hijaz and the Asir, with a gap between them near the middle… …   Wikipedia

• Асир — (Asir Mountains)Asir Mountains, горы, горный хребет на Ю. З. Саудовской Аравии, протянулся параллельно побережью Красного моря. Джебель Абха (высота 3133 м) – высшая точка Саудовской Аравии …   Страны мира. Словарь

• Southwestern Arabian montane woodlands — The Southwestern Arabian montane woodlands is a xeric woodland ecoregion of the Arabian Peninsula.ettingThe ecoregion covers an area of 86,900 square kilometers (33,600 square miles), lying above 2000 meters elevations in the Asir Mountains of… …   Wikipedia

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• Arabia — /euh ray bee euh/, n. a peninsula in SW Asia, including Saudi Arabia, Yemen Arab Republic, People s Democratic Republic of Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Kuwait: divided in ancient times into Arabia Deserta, Arabia Petraea, and …   Universalium

• Arabian Desert — 1. a desert in Egypt between the Nile valley and the Red Sea. ab. 80,000 sq. mi. (207,000 sq. km). 2. the desert region in the N part of the Arabian peninsula. * * * Desert region, Arabian Peninsula. It covers about 900,000 sq mi (2,330,000 sq… …   Universalium