Tihamah

The Tihama (Arabic تهامة Tihama, hot country ') is a sultry hot desert, which is wider on the Arabian Peninsula as a 60 km strip along the west and south coasts of the Hejaz in Saudi Arabia to Asir in Yemen draws.

We distinguish:

  • The coastal Tihama Its climate is determined from the sea. The land is flat. Occasionally salt domes protrude from the deposition of material that form up to 150 meters high peaks and deliver saline in mining. Halophytes, mangroves and inland Graskopstensteppen which form natural vegetation. The rare rain falls in the summer, usually in the form of brief but violent thunderstorm. Millet, maize and alfalfa are the basis of a modest farming. The coastal towns are usually the fishing, shipping and trade.
  • The mountain near, dry Tihama It is like an inclined alluvial plain from 50 to 250 meters. Materials are clastic and loose sediments, such as silt, sand, gravel and crushed stone. Here rainfed agriculture is possible from May and September. On terraced slopes, the fields are mainly supplied with water coming from the mountains. At the foot of the mountains, the land of culture and the most productive population is densest. Naturally occur deep roots, such as acacias and doum palms which sometimes form dense populations.
  • The mountain - Tihama It includes the deeply incised river valleys from the mountain foot to the V-shaped valleys at an altitude of about 700 to 1000 meters. All year round flowing waters allow the cultivation of varied tropical products, which has relatively high population density result. Originally widespread and species-rich dry forests have almost disappeared today. Likewise, gallery forests along the wadis.

The Tihama is globally one of the hottest and sultriest areas of the world. It is characteristic that the temperatures have only small day-night variations and only prevails weak air movement.

The population of the Tihama shows influences from the not far distant Horn of Africa: black African looking people, some of the descendents of former slaves are unveiled and colorfully dressed women and typical round huts made ​​of straw.

One of the most important markets in the Tihama is the Bayt al -Faqih. Here you can train the Ethiopian government read, dating back to the 5th and 6th centuries.

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