Jebel Qihwi

Jebel Qihwi
Jabal Qa'wah
View of Jebel Qiwhi / Jabal Qa'wah
Highest point
Elevation	1,735 m (5,692 ft)
Prominence	1,435 m (4,708 ft)
Isolation	23.36 km (14.52 mi)
Coordinates	25°44′35.7″N56°12′36.4″E
Naming
Native name	جبل قاوي(Arabic)
Geography
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Location	Musandam Governorate
Country	Oman
Parent range	Hajar Mountains

Jebel QihwiorJabal Qa'wah(Arabic:جبل قهوي,romanized:jbl qhwy) (1,735 m (5,692 ft)), along with theJabal Al Harim(2,087 m (6,847 ft))and Jabal Bil Ays / Jebel Jais (1,911 m (6,270 ft)),are the three highest and most representative mountains of theMusandam Governorate,inOman.

Jebel Qihwi has aprominenceof 1,435 m (4,708 ft) and atopographic isolationof 23.36 km (14.52 mi),and rises in the central area of the western boundary of thedrainage divideofKarsha / Wadi Khabb Shamsi.

Its summit lies on thedrainage divide,between the basins of theWadi Khabb Shamsi(which pours into theGulf of Oman) and theWadi Bih,which has its main sources of origin on the southern and eastern slopes of theJabal Al Harim(2,087 m (6,847 ft)), also in the Musandam Governorate, and pours into thePersian Gulf,landing inUnited Arab Emiratesterritory.

The steep slope of the mountain, divided into short and high steps,contains two relevant peaks: the northern peak (Jebel Qihwi), and a lesser peak 450 m (1,480 ft) to the south, on which there is aweather station,is namedJabal Khabbin some maps, with an elevation of 1,708 m (5,604 ft).

Jebel Qihwi, on thedrainage divide,between theWadi Khabb ShamsiandWadi Bihbasins

At 6 km (3.7 mi) north of Jebel Qihwi is the village andmountain passofAqabat al Asu / Aqabat Oso,situated also on the water divide line, at 940 m (3,080 ft).

Through thismountain passruns a dirt road of 36 km (22 mi), calledWadi Khabb Shamsi Road,which starts atDibba Al-Baya,and terminates at the Wadi Bih - Ras Al Khaimah Road (both ends in theMusandam Governorate), and can be used for all-terrain vehicular traffic. The route employs a good deal of theriver bedof the Wadi Khabb Shamsi and some of its tributaries, and to cross themountain rangeovercomes an accumulated positive slope of 1,750 m (5,740 ft) and a negative slope of 1,500 m (4,900 ft).

Toponymy

Jebel Qihwi, steep ridge divided into short, pronounced steps

Jebel Qihwi, is the highest point of the Wadi Khabb Shamsi drainage basin. Map from OpenStreetMap (Standard)

Alternative names: Jabal Kawa, Jabal Qa`wa, Jabal Qa`wah, Jabal Qa‘wa, Jabal Qa‘wah, Jabal Qihwi,

The name of theJebel Qihwi(with the spellings Jabal Qa'wah and Jabal Qa'awah) appears recorded in the documents and maps prepared between 1950 and 1960 by the British Arabist, cartographer, military officer and diplomatJulian F. Walker,for the work carried out to establish the borders between the then calledTrucial States,later completed by the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom, on 1:100,000 scale maps published in 1971,and in other previous documents kept in theNational Archives of the United Kingdom.

Population

The geographical area of Jebel Qihwi was historically populated by the semi-nomadicShihuhtribe, section ofBani Shatair(Arabic:بني شطير),one of the two main sections of the tribe, which occupied, among other territories, the tribal areas of Maqadihah and Dihamara.

See also

• List of mountains in Oman
• List of wadis of Oman
• List of mountains in the United Arab Emirates
• List of wadis of the United Arab Emirates
• Middle East
  • Eastern Arabia

External links

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