Asir Mountains - Asirsanchi

Japanese: アシール山地 - あしーるさんち
Asir Mountains - Asirsanchi

…In the southwestern part of Saudi Arabia, the Asir Mountains run along the Red Sea toward Yemen, with their highest peaks at an elevation of about 2,900m. There are three types of climate: alpine, steppe, and desert. The summer temperatures are warm, ranging from 20 to 32°C, and the region receives 300 to 320mm of rainfall in the summer alone. …

From the Arabian Peninsula

… In addition to the tilt of the land mass, lava erupts along faults caused by crustal movement on the western edge of the peninsula, creating lava plateaus everywhere and raising the elevation of the watershed. The watershed mountain ranges are called, from north to south, the Hijaz Mountains (1000m class), the Asir Mountains (2000m class), and the Yemen Mountains (3000m class), with the highest peak being Mount Hadur Ḥaḍūr (Nabi Shuaib) (3760m) in the Yemen Mountains. The Hadramaut Mountains on the southern edge of the peninsula, which extend east from the Yemen Mountains, also form a north-south watershed and reach an elevation of 2000m. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Asir Mountains" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…サウジアラビア南西部の州で,紅海沿いにイエメン方向へアシール山地が走り,その最高峰は標高約2900m。高山型,ステップ型,砂漠型の3種の気候があり,夏の気温は20~32℃と温暖で,夏にのみ300~320mmの降雨に恵まれる。…

【アラビア半島】より

… 地塊の傾動に加えて,半島の西縁では地殻運動によって生じた断層沿いに溶岩の噴出がみられ,いたるところに溶岩台地をつくりながら分水嶺の高度を一段と高めている。分水嶺山地は,北から順にヒジャーズ山地(1000m級),アシール山地(2000m級),イエメン山地(3000m級)と呼ばれ,最高峰はイエメン山地のハドゥールḤaḍūr(ナビー・シュアイブ)山(3760m)である。また,イエメン山地から東へ延びる半島南縁のハドラマウト山地も,南北の分水嶺をなし,その高度は2000mに達する。…

※「アシール山地」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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