Ḥajar Mountains

The Hajar Mountains form a great arc across northern Oman, separating the coastal plain from the interior. Their highest country includes Jebel Akhdar, where peaks reach about three thousand metres. Wadis cut through the rocky slopes, carrying water toward the Batinah plain on one side and the desert on the other. The mountains stretch from the Musandam peninsula toward the eastern coast, their ridges and valleys dividing a landscape otherwise dominated by arid plains.