Jiddat al-Harasis

[3] Jiddat al-Harasis covers an area of about 27,000 square kilometres (10,000 sq mi) in an elevation range of 100–150 metres (330–490 ft).

[1][4] The area is delimited by an escarpment of 100 metres (330 ft) height on the east with the Huquf depression adjoining it.

This area is hemmed between the Arabian Sea and the Janabah Hills, which rise to a height of 300 metres (980 ft).

Older geological features include 300 million year old glacial pavements which are well preserved given their age.

[1] The Southwest Monsoon and coastal fog both occur at Jiddat al-Harasis; the average annual rainfall in the southeastern region is approximately 50 millimetres (2.0 in).

[7] The fragments of Martian meteorite Jiddat al-Harasis 479 are embedded in the Swiss Louis Moinet Meteoris wristwatches.

Shrubs recorded are Tephrosia apollinea, Crotalaria aegyptiaca and Ochradenus harsusiticus which is an endemic species.

[13] Other species recorded throughout are caracal, African wildcat and honey badger; hares and hedgehogs are common, while the Arabian wolf is rare.