Oman

clues 11Updated 2024-10-29

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LanguageArabic
Driving sideDrives on the right
Domain.om
Camera gensGen 4
Easily confused with:Namibia, United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, IsraelQuizzes for this area:City quiz

Whole area5

Clues that work anywhere in this area

Signs★★★★★

Chevron signs are orange and black. Sign posts have black-and-white stripes. Signs showing town names and distances to the next town are blue.

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Road signs
Road signs
Ros in wonderland / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Plants & farming★★★

In the desert, trees are either entirely absent or grow sparsely.

Examples1234
Plants & farming★★★

Date palms are planted mainly along the northeastern coast, and there are also date-palm plantations.

Examples1234SourcesMillion Date Palm Plantation Project
Where
MusandamAl Batnah NorthAl BuraymiAl DhahiraDhofarAl WustaAsh Sharqiyah SouthAsh Sharqiyah NorthMuscatAl Batnah SouthAd Dakhliyah

Narrowing down the region5

Once you know the area: which part of it

Terrain

Landscape★★★

There are mountain ranges in the north and south, with flat desert stretching between them.

  • North: the Al Hajar Mountains, with many rugged rocky peaks
  • Central: not quite as completely flat as Qatar
  • South: around the Dhofar Mountains, frequent rain brings plenty of greenery, and you'll find scattered fine, rubble-like rocks
Examples1234567See alsoQatar
Where
MusandamAl Batnah NorthAl BuraymiAl DhahiraDhofarAl WustaAsh Sharqiyah SouthAsh Sharqiyah NorthMuscatAl Batnah SouthAd Dakhliyah
Dr Brains - own work, based on work by NordNordWest, GFDL 1.2

Soil color

Landscape★★★

Soil colour and scenery can help narrow down the region. Areas with red sand dunes appear to be in the east and inland. Elsewhere, flat terrain dominates.

■ #B60F00Areas with red sand dunes. In the east this is the region called Wahiba Sands; in the west, specific roads
■ #D69A5CMountainous terrain including volcanic areas, on the dark side
■ #FEDA22Alluvial deposits. Not as dark as the mountains, with some gravel mixed in
■ #7B9BCADesert, though sometimes with eroded relief
■ #52B701Around the Dhofar Mountains. Plenty of greenery and active livestock grazing. Drier areas here are strewn with fractured-looking rocks
Examples123456789101112131415SourcesGlennie, Kenneth W., et al. "Geological importance of luminescence dates in Oman and the Emirates: An overview." Geochronometria 38 (2011): 259-271.
Where
MusandamAl Batnah NorthAl BuraymiAl DhahiraDhofarAl WustaAsh Sharqiyah SouthAsh Sharqiyah NorthMuscatAl Batnah SouthAd DakhliyahWahiba SandsWahiba Sands
Soil colour and scenery zones (partly adapted from the source below)
Soil colour and scenery zones (partly adapted from the source below)

Al Hajar Mountains

Landscape★★★

The Al Hajar Mountains in the north have little of the tree or grass cover found on the Dhofar Mountains in the south. Some spots have a Mediterranean-like climate, with orchards such as pomegranate visible.

Watch outStreet View also covers Oman's exclave, the Musandam Peninsula.1
Examples12
Where
MusandamAl Batnah NorthAl BuraymiAl DhahiraDhofarAl WustaAsh Sharqiyah SouthAsh Sharqiyah NorthMuscatAl Batnah SouthAd Dakhliyah

Dhofar Mountains

MusandamAl Batnah NorthAl BuraymiAl DhahiraDhofarAl WustaAsh Sharqiyah SouthAsh Sharqiyah NorthMuscatAl Batnah SouthAd Dakhliyah
MusandamAl Batnah NorthAl BuraymiAl DhahiraDhofarAl WustaAsh Sharqiyah SouthAsh Sharqiyah NorthMuscatAl Batnah SouthAd DakhliyahSalalah / Dhofar MountainsSalalah / Dhofar Mountains
MusandamAl Batnah NorthAl BuraymiAl DhahiraDhofarAl WustaAsh Sharqiyah SouthAsh Sharqiyah NorthMuscatAl Batnah SouthAd DakhliyahDhofar MountainsDhofar Mountains

Where Dhofar Mountains clues apply2

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  1. Dhofar Mountains
  2. small rocks
Landscape★★★

The Dhofar Mountains spread around Salalah in the south. This area catches the monsoon and gets more rain than the rest of the country, with some spots blanketed entirely in green.

Examples123
Where
MusandamAl Batnah NorthAl BuraymiAl DhahiraDhofarAl WustaAsh Sharqiyah SouthAsh Sharqiyah NorthMuscatAl Batnah SouthAd DakhliyahSalalah / Dhofar MountainsSalalah / Dhofar Mountains
Landscape★★★

Parts of the Dhofar Mountains are dry, with fewer of the sheer cliffs seen up north and more small loose rocks scattered around. Livestock farming is common here, so you may see cattle, camels, and goats wandering, along with enclosures for keeping them.

Examples12345678SourcesAgriculture in Dhofar
Where
MusandamAl Batnah NorthAl BuraymiAl DhahiraDhofarAl WustaAsh Sharqiyah SouthAsh Sharqiyah NorthMuscatAl Batnah SouthAd DakhliyahDhofar MountainsDhofar Mountains

Narrowing down the city1

Once you know the region: which city or town

Masirah Island

Regions

Musandam Al Batnah North Al Buraymi Al Dhahira Dhofar Al Wusta Ash Sharqiyah South Ash Sharqiyah North Muscat Al Batnah South Ad Dakhliyah
Muscat
Nizwa
Salalah
Sohar
Bahla Fort
Wahiba Sands
Adapted from Natural Earth

Quiz

Basics

General facts about this place
  • Known since antiquity as a producer of frankincense and prospered through trade[ref]
  • Located on the southeastern Arabian Peninsula, a strategic site facing the Strait of Hormuz[ref]

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