Yemen Mountains - Yemensanchi

Japanese: イエメン山地 - いえめんさんち
Yemen Mountains - Yemensanchi

… 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 used to refer to the "Mountains of Yemen" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 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。…

※「イエメン山地」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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