Hijaz Mountains

E233801
mountain range

The Hijaz Mountains are a rugged mountain range in western Saudi Arabia running parallel to the Red Sea coast, historically significant as the backdrop to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Hijaz Mountains canonical 4
Hejaz Mountains 2
Hejaz highlands 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range ⓘ
adjacentTo Tihamah coastal plain ⓘ
associatedWith Hajj ⓘ
Umrah ⓘ
pilgrimage routes to Mecca ⓘ
biodiversity adapted to arid mountain environments ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Saudi Arabia ⓘ
countryBorderRegionOf Saudi Arabia ⓘ
culturalRegion Hejaz ⓘ
forms orographic barrier ⓘ
geologicalType Precambrian crystalline rocks ⓘ
volcanic rocks ⓘ
hasCityNearby Mecca ⓘ
Medina ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Arabs ⓘ
surface form: Arab peoples
hasEconomicActivity limited agriculture in valleys ⓘ
mining ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
highestPointCountry Saudi Arabia ⓘ
highestPointName Jabal Dabbagh ⓘ
historicalRegion Hejaz ⓘ
influences regional climate of western Saudi Arabia ⓘ
languageRegion Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn Western Saudi Arabia ⓘ
surface form: western Saudi Arabia
locatedOnCoastOf Red Sea ⓘ
nearbyBodyOfWater Red Sea ⓘ
nearbyMajorCity Jeddah ⓘ
partOf Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Arabian Shield ⓘ
Red Sea Hills ⓘ
surface form: Red Sea Hills system
region Middle East ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
surface form: West Asia
religiousImportance backdrop to Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina ⓘ
religiousSignificanceFor Islam ⓘ
religiousSitesNearby Al-Masjid an-Nabawi ⓘ
Masjid al-Haram ⓘ
runsParallelTo Red Sea coast ⓘ
separates Tihamah coastal plain ⓘ
surface form: Red Sea coastal plain

interior plateau of the Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
terrain mountainous ⓘ
rugged ⓘ
timeZone Arabia Standard Time ⓘ
transportCorridorFor Hejaz ⓘ
surface form: Hejaz region
usedAs historical trade route corridor ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mount Uhud → range → Hijaz Mountains ⓘ
Hejaz → hasMountainRange → Hijaz Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hejaz Mountains
Taif → locatedOn → Hijaz Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hejaz Mountains
HijazRegion → mountainRange → Hijaz Mountains ⓘ
Tihamah of Saudi Arabia → adjacentTo → Hijaz Mountains ⓘ
Al Aqiq → nearbyGeographicalFeature → Hijaz Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hejaz mountains belt
Al Hada mountain road → connectsRegion → Hijaz Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hejaz highlands
Jabal Umm ad Dami → mountainRange → Hijaz Mountains ⓘ