Al Aziziya beach on the Gulf.
The music of my morning was the birds singing on the beach in Al Aziziya.
The earth has music for those who listen.
Reginald Vincent Holmes
The Arabian Peninsula sits on its own tectonic plate – the Arabian Plate – that broke from the African plate approximately 25 million years ago. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia occupies 80% of the Arabian Peninsula. The rift between the the Arabian Plate and the African Plate created the Red Sea, which forms much of Saudi Arabia’s western border.
Saudi Arabia shares land borders with seven countries: Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Its geography is dominated by Rub’ al Khali (also known as the Empty Quarter), the world’s largest continuous sand desert.
There are no permanent rivers or lakes in the Kingdom. Its population is over 35 million. There is evidence of human habitation on the Arabian Peninsula as far back as 130,000 years ago.
Saudi Arabia’s land area is approximately three times larger than the state of Texas in the United States.
Relief map of Saudi Arabia
The area of modern-day Saudi Arabia formerly consisted of four distinct historical regions: Hejaz, Najd, Alhasa, and Asir. The Asir Mountain Range runs north and south parallel to the Red Sea on the southwestern coast of Saudi Arabia.
Asir means ‘difficult’ in Arabic, reflecting the challenge involved in crossing the area’s mountains.
The Asir Region
Asir has a short border with Yemen and a coastline on the Red Sea. It is the fourth largest region in Saudi Arabia and encompasses four thousand villages. There are more than 2.2 million residents. The Asir Region is the size of Austria.
The Asir Region has the highest average rainfall in Saudi Arabia.
Flying from the Eastern Province into Abha Airport in the Asir Region.
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