Red Sea Hills
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The Red Sea Hills are a rugged, arid mountain range along the western coast of the Red Sea in northeastern Africa, known for their distinctive desert landscapes and traditional Beja communities.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Red Sea Hills canonical | 6 |
| Red Sea Hills system | 1 |
| Red Sea Mountains | 1 |
| Red Sea highlands | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical region
ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Afro-Arabian Rift System
ⓘ
surface form:
Red Sea Rift
|
| biodiversityCharacteristic | adapted drought-resistant species ⓘ |
| borders |
Red Sea coast
ⓘ
surface form:
Red Sea coastal plain
|
| climate | arid ⓘ |
| climateCharacteristic |
high temperatures
ⓘ
very low annual rainfall ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country |
Egypt
ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ |
| culturalRegionFor |
Beja people
ⓘ
surface form:
Beja culture
|
| drainagePattern | ephemeral wadis ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
pastoralism
ⓘ
small-scale mining ⓘ |
| ecosystemType | hot desert ecosystem ⓘ |
| extendsAlong | western coast of the Red Sea ⓘ |
| feature |
deep wadis
ⓘ
rocky plateaus ⓘ steep-sided ridges ⓘ |
| geology |
Precambrian crystalline rocks
ⓘ
igneous rocks ⓘ metamorphic rocks ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalSettlementType |
nomadic camps
ⓘ
small villages ⓘ |
| highestPointName | Jebel Oda ⓘ |
| historicallyAssociatedWith | ancient mining activities ⓘ |
| historicallyUsedFor | caravan routes ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy | Beja people ⓘ |
| knownFor |
distinctive desert landscapes
ⓘ
traditional Beja communities ⓘ |
| landscape | desert ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Beja language ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northeast Africa
ⓘ
surface form:
Northeastern Africa
|
| locatedOnCoastOf | Red Sea ⓘ |
| naturalResource |
base metals
ⓘ
gold ⓘ |
| orogeny |
Arabian Shield
ⓘ
surface form:
Arabian-Nubian Shield
|
| partOf |
Eastern Desert of Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Desert
Eastern Desert of Egypt ⓘ
surface form:
Egypt Eastern Desert
eastern Sudan ⓘ
surface form:
Sudan Eastern region
|
| populationDensity | sparsely populated ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | Nile Valley ⓘ |
| terrainType | rugged ⓘ |
| transportChallenge | difficult access due to rugged terrain ⓘ |
| usedFor | nomadic grazing ⓘ |
| vegetation | sparse desert shrubs ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Red Sea Mountains
this entity surface form:
Red Sea Hills system
this entity surface form:
Red Sea highlands