The Hijaz Mountains says it is "part of the Sarawat Mountains"
and the Sarawat Mountains says it is "part of the Hijaz Mountains".
Which is it?
Caleb Stanford (talk) 06:22, 8 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
- They are 2 separate unrelated mountain ranges, but many websites have taken info from Wikipedia and copied this mistake.
- The Hijaz Mountains are north of Makkah and there has been more recent volcanic activity in these mountains. There is a lot of uninhabitable harsh terrain.
- There is a valley then the Sarawat Mountains start at Taif and go all the way down to south Yemen.
- Asir Mountains are the Saudi-Arabian part of these mountains - I think only called this because of the Asir region - as on this map: https://www.worldometers.info/maps/saudi-arabia-political-map/
- Sarawat Mountains reach a greater elevation and have more rainfall, and forests and are therefore lush & greener - with farmland and pleasant temperatures.
- So, they are not similar. PerryVerse (talk) 18:07, 19 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @PerryVerse Thanks for the context! This is super useful. You might want to reply to the thread at Talk:Hijaz Mountains as well. It would be great if someone can update both articles based on this information, I would take a stab at it, but I have no familiarity with the topic and I'm seeing some disagreement in the information from you and the user on that other thread. Caleb Stanford (talk) 18:50, 19 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Thanks: I have just found the perfect source: https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/6640/ PerryVerse (talk) 20:30, 19 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
- But I have found the Saudi Government does refer to the entire range as Sarawat.
- So it is probably more accurate to say in only in common usage does Sarawat refers to South of Makkah and Hijaz refers to north of Makkah.
- https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/page/170
- "The Tihama coastal plain which lies along the Red Sea, is 1,100 kilometers long, 60 kilometers wide in the south and gradually narrows to the north until it reaches the Aqaba Gulf. To the east of this plain, lies a chain of mountains called Sarawat. These mountains rise to 9,000 feet in the south and gradually fall to 3,000 feet in the north. Several large valleys slope eastward and westward from these mountains. They include Jazan valley, Najran valley, Tathleeth valley, Bisha valley, Himdh valley, Rumah valley, Yanbu valley and Fatima Valley...." PerryVerse (talk) 20:58, 19 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
