[8] The area around Al Kharrarah is part of a region characterized by Miocene-era formations that are distinct from the surrounding older rock types.

In terms of terrain, Al Kharrarah is part of a region characterized by a mix of rocky plains (hamada), hills and sand dunes.

[8] According to journalist Richard H. Curtiss, inscriptions dedicated to the pre-Islamic Nabataean god Manāt were found in Al Kharrara.

Lorimer's 1908 publication Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, he refers Al Kharrara as a Bedouin outpost that lies "20 miles south of Dohah and 6 from the east coast, between Naqiyān and Jabalat-at-Tuwar".

[10] The Qatar Primary Materials Company has centered its dune sand extraction operations here due to the area's relatively large deposits.