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Arabian Peninsula: Saudi Arabia
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Desert is the most prominent feature of the Arabian Peninsula. Although vast arid tracts dominate, there are long stretches of coastline along the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea, and the Red Sea, with several major oases in the east. In southwest Arabia, there are coastal mountain ranges from which a high plateau slopes down toward the central regions of the desert to the northeast. The southern area receives greater rainfall than the rest of the region. The Arabian Peninsula comprises the modern countries of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait.
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This ecoregion covers the coastal strip of most of the western and eastern edges of the Arabian Peninsula. It follows the coast of Oman, including the Jiddat al Harasis plateau and the Dhofar mountains, then reaches into Yemen and up into Saudi Arabia along the Red Sea coast. Dense fog is the definitive characteristic of Oman and Yemen’s east coast, the result of sea breezes causing a rapid drop in temperature and increase in humidity. The fog supplements rainfall to nourish luxuriant vegetation and dense woodlands that give way to desert past the fog's zone of influence. The Tihamah coastal plain receives little or no rainfall but can record high levels of humidity.
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The peninsula has sometimes been called the Middle East, but that term usually refers to the Arabian Peninsula plus the Levant, and Mesopotamia. The term "Arabia" often refers to Saudi Arabia alone.
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The historical irony is that when Henry made his speech, the Wahhabist Saudis were engaged in the conquest of the Arabian Peninsula, which they completed in 1806. Who could have predicted then that their descendents and their hired fellaheen would invade America two and half centuries later with the express purpose of gagging the likes of Henry in the name of Allah?
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