The Hijaz Mountains[1] (Arabic: جِبَال ٱلْحِجَاز, romanized:Jibāl al-Ḥijāz (Hejazi pronunciation:[d͡ʒɪˈbaːl alħɪˈdʒaːz])) or "Hejaz Range" is a mountain range located in the Hejazi region of western Saudi Arabia. The range runs north and south along the eastern coast of the Red Sea, and can thus be treated as including the Midian Mountains,[2] and being part of the Sarawat Mountains,[3][4][5] broadly speaking.
This article is about the mountain range in western Arabia. For the geographical and historical region, see Hejaz.
The western coastal escarpment of the Arabian Peninsula is composed of two mountain ranges, the Hijaz Mountain to the north and the Asir Mountains farther south, with a gap between them near the middle of the peninsula's coastline. From an elevation of 2,100 metres (6,900ft), the range declines towards the vicinity of the gap about 600 metres (2,000ft).
The mountain wall drops abruptly on the western side toward the Red Sea, leaving the narrow coastal plain of Tihamah. The eastern slopes are not as steep, allowing rare rainfall to help create oasis around the springs and wells of the few wadis.[citation needed]
River or wadi
The Hijaz Mountains have been conjectured as the source of the ancient Pishon River, that was described as one of the four rivers associated with the Garden of Eden. This is a component in the research of Juris Zarins that locates the Garden of Eden at the northern tip of the Persian Gulf near Kuwait. The course of the now dried up river, the modern-day Wadi Al-Rummah and its extension Wadi Al-Batin, was identified by Farouk El-Baz of Boston University and named the 'Kuwait River.' This tracks northeast across the Saudi desert for 600 miles (970km), following Wadi Al-Batin to the coast of the Persian Gulf. The 'Pishon' or 'Kuwait River,' and the Hejazi region's ecology, is estimated to have dried up 2,500–3000 years ago.[6]
Wildlife
See also: Wildlife of Saudi Arabia
The Arabian leopard had been sighted here.[3][4] In ancient times, it was reported that Musa al-Kadhim, a descendant of Muhammad, encountered a lion in the wilderness north of Medina.[7] Hamadryas baboons can be seen near settlements, like those of Al Hada and Al-Shafa near Ta'if.[8]
Mining
This region includes the district of Mahd adh-Dhahab ("Cradle of the Gold"), between Mecca and Medina. It is the only known Arabian source for workable quantities of gold.[citation needed]
Gallery
Dhu 'Ain in the area of Al-Bahah
A road in the mountains between Al Bahah and Al-Mikhwah
Pilgrims supplicating on the Mount of Mercy in Arafat during Ḥajj (the Greater Islamic Pilgrimage)
Jabal al-Nour ("Mount of Light") near Makkah, associated with Muhammad
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:
Shared with the UAE
Also regarded as being of the Western Hajar
Also regarded as being of the Western Hajar
Shared with the UAE
Shared with the UAE
Sensu lato, shared with Yemen
Shared with Yemen
Sensu lato
Sensu lato
Shared with Oman
Shared with Oman
Highest mountain in the UAE, but the peak is in Oman
Due to the peak of Jebel Jais being in Oman, this mountain has the highest confirmed peak in the UAE
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