Jebel ad-Duruz
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 Tell Qeni (1803 m) is the highest point of the Jabal ad-Duruz |
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| height | 1803 m | |
| location | Southern Syria | |
| Coordinates | 32 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ N , 36 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Jabal ad-Duruz or Jebel ed-Durus ( Arabic جبل الدروز, DMG Ǧabal ad-Durūz 'Mountains of the Druze ', French Djebel el-Druze ), also known as Jabal al-Arab ( Arabic جبل العرب, DMG Ǧabal al-ʿArab 'Mountains of the Arabs') is an elevated volcanic region in southwest Syria , in the as-Suwaida governorate .
Snow falls here in winter, which is not typical for the region. Most of the inhabitants are Druze , there is also a small Christian community. It was in this area that inscriptions on Safait table were found for the first time . The Jabal ad-Duruz was at the time of the French mandate over Syria as a Druze state or Djébel druze from 1921 to 1936 an autonomous state.
Decades ago, the Jabal ad-Duruz was probably the last refuge of the Syrian half-ass ( Equus hemionus hemippus ) before it was finally exterminated.
geology
The volcanic area of Jabal ad-Duruz is the southernmost in Syria and is part of the Hauran region near the border with Jordan . The alkaline volcanic field consists of a group of 118 basaltic volcanoes that were active during the Pleistocene and Holocene periods . The large plateau depression is filled with basaltic lava flows in a NW-SE direction. The volcanic field is part of the massive alkaline Harrat Ash Shamah volcanic field that extends from southern Syria to Saudi Arabia .
summit
- Tell Qeni (1803 m)
- Tell Joualine (1732 m)
- Tell Sleiman (1703 m)
- Tell Qleib (1698 m)
- Tell Abou-Hamra (1482 m)
- Tell El-Ahmar (1452 m)
- Tell Abed-Mar (1436 m)
- Tell Khodr-Imtan (1341 m)
- Tell Azran (1220 m)
- Tell Shihan (1138 m)
In Arabic the word Tell means "hill", but in this context it means volcanic cone.
Web links
- Jebel ad-Duruz in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)