Dhofar

He jumped out of the car and started unloading, a man used to this life of remote camps in the Dhofar mountains of Oman.

Ghost safari: spotting leopards in Oman 2011

Another successful COIN effort was in the Dhofar region of Oman.

Matthew Yglesias » “Winning” The War 2008

By figs and olives, not a single revolution has raged in the Third World without you fighting it both financially and by secretly collaborating with the western colonizers everywhere from Dhofar to Palestine to Lebanon to Polisario to Yemen.

Thursday, January 31, 2008 As'ad 2008

Here a complex system of wadis drain the inland face of the Dhofar mountain range and run north until deflected and overrun by the sand dunes of the Rub 'al-Khali.

Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert 2008

Sale highlights the severe impacts of off-road driving on soils and vegetation on the Dhofar coastal plain and mountains.

Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert 2007

Other pressures in the Dhofar region relate to the increasing human population and associated increase in roads, housing and other development.

Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert 2007

The fog-affected escarpments of Dhofar have the highest number of endemic species and some of the most species-rich habitats in Oman.

Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert 2007

During this period, an upwelling of cold water off the Dhofar coast rapidly cools the moist winds to dew-point.

Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert 2007

The escarpment continues southwest of Dhofar, across the Oman-Yemen border and along the Yemeni coastline for 30 km, extending inland for approximately 5 km.

Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert 2007

In Dhofar, socio-economic changes have brought improved veterinary services, cheap fodder and increased water availability though the sinking of boreholes, all of which have led to larger herds and greater grazing pressure.

Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert 2007