| Shammar Mountains | |
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 The area of 'Uqdah on the outskirts of Ha'il | |
| Naming | |
| Native name | جِبَال شَمَّر (Arabic) |
| Geography | |
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| Country |  Saudi Arabia |
| Region | Ha'il |
| Range coordinates | 27°30′N 41°36′E / 27.5°N 41.6°E |
The Shammar Mountains (Arabic: جِبَال شَمَّر, romanized: Jibāl Shammar) is a mountain range in the northwestern Saudi Arabian province of Ha'il. It includes the Ajā (أَجَا) and Salma subranges.[1][2]
Geology
The Aja Mountains are to an extent made up of granite, whereas the Salma are made up of basalt.[1] The phrase "Hadn formation" was used by Chevremont (1982) to refer to volcanic rocks of the area of Ha'il, and was treated by Hadley and Schmidt (1980) as being part of a silicic and volcaniclastic sequence referred to as the "Shammar group", in a broader, regional context.[3]
Wildlife
The protected area of Jabal Aja is of ecological significance.[4] Two Asiatic cheetahs, the last known in the country, were killed near Ha'il in 1973, and their skins kept near the Imara Palace for a few days.[5]
Peaks
- Mount Aja (Arabic: جَبَل أَجَا, romanized: Jabal Ajā)[3]
- Mount Samra' (Arabic: جَبَل ٱلسَّمْرَاء, romanized: Jabal As-Samrā’)[3]
Gallery
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A view of Ha'il City from the top of Samra Mountain -
Natural bird shape -
Mahajah rock formation
See also
References
- ^ a b Cavendish, Marshall (2007). World and Its Peoples. Vol. 1. Cavendish Square Publishing. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-7614-7571-2.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b c Kellogg, Karl S. (1984), Reconnaissance geology of the Qufar Quadrangle, sheet 27/41 D, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (PDF), Denver: United States Geological Survey, pp. 1–33, retrieved 2019-01-06
- ^ Llewellyn, O. A.; Hall, M.; Miller, A. G.; Al-Abbasi, T. M.; Al-Wetaid, A. H.; Al-Harbi, R. J.; Al-Shammari, K. F. (2011). "Important Plant Areas in the Arabian Peninsula: 4. Jabal Aja'". Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 68 (2): 199–224. doi:10.1017/S0960428611000059.
- ^ Nader, I. A. (1989). "Rare and endangered mammals of Saudi Arabia". In Abu-Zinada, A. H.; Goriup, P. D.; Nader, L. A (eds.). Wildlife conservation and development in Saudi Arabia (PDF). Riyadh: National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development Publishing. p. 228.
External links
- The tantalizing Aja and Salma mountains in Hail, northwest of Saudi Arabia (Twitter)
- Mobily_Hail_Shamma & Salma Mountain_HD (Dailymotion)
Hills and mountains on the Arabian Peninsula | |
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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:
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