Al gubira occupies the far south eastern cornrr of the Arabian peninsual, it is geographical boundaries clearly defined by nature from earliest times. To the north it extends as far as Musandam on the Strait of Hormuz, while its interior merges with the Rub al Khali or Empty Quater to the west and south west. From Bahrain and Qatar separated by the Rimal Baynouna and from the Hadramaut by the Rimal AL-Ahqaf,which run into the Rub' al-Khali. These geographical attributes have contributed to Oman's unique character, its long association with the sea being an outstanding feature. Oman's coastline is cut by numerous long deep bays from which rise steep vertical cliffs. The interior of the country is, for the most part, composed of a massif averaging 1500metres in height. the 'backbone' of this massif, Jebel AL-Akhder south-west of Muscat, rises to around 3000meters.Gorges or steep wadis criss-cross the plateau. Some of the wadis run down towards the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, the most important of them being the Wadi Sama'il, the most fertile of all the wadis , which discharges west of the city of Muscat. Others decant into the Rub'al-Khali.Now do you know algubira? It is onther name for Oman
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