The Hadhramaut Mountains (
Arabic: جِبَال حَضْرَمَوْت,
romanized: Jibāl Ḥaḍramawt),[2] also known as the "Mahrat Mountains"[1] (
Arabic: جِبَال ٱلْمَهْرَة,
romanized: Jibāl Al-Mahrah), are a mountain range in
Yemen.[3] They are contiguous with the
OmaniDhofar Mountains to the northeast,[4] and James Canton considered
Aden in the southwest to be in the mountains' recesses.[5]
The south side of the mountains touches the
Gulf of Aden, with steep cliffs descending onto a narrow and arid coastal plain. The northern slopes are lowering onto the
Rub' al Khali desert (the "Empty Quarter"). The broad
mountain plateau is intersected by deep
wadis cut by seasonal streams that generally flow in the northern and northeastern direction emptying into a main channel (
Wadi Hadhramaut, changing the name to Wadi Masila downstream)[7] that makes a southeast swing of 500 miles (800 kilometres) to the
ocean.[6][8] Despite seasonality of the streams, the water is generally available year-round sub-surface in the wadis.[8]
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Note: Mountains are sorted in alphabetical order, unless where it concerns ranges. The highest confirmed mountains in each country are indicated with 'HP', and those with the highest peak are indicated with 'HP', bearing in mind that in the UAE, the highest mountain and the mountain with the highest peak are different.
Outcrops are indicated with 'OC', and
outliers with 'OL', and
anticlines with 'AC'.
Volcanoes are indicated with 'V',
volcanic craters with 'VC',
lava fields with 'LF', and
volcanic fields with 'VF'.