Saudi Arabia: An Environmental OverviewCRC Press, 17.1.2008 - 332 sivua A comprehensive overview of Saudi Arabia‘s environment, this volume is a unique and authoritative text on the geological and environmental aspects of Saudi Arabia, a country about which little is known by the outside world. Saudi Arabia is a fascinating country with a long tradition of environmental awareness and sensitivity, pitted again |
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The Kingdom 17 | |
Geological framework 45 | |
Climate and environmental change 67 | |
Hydrogeology and hydrology 95 | |
Geomorphology 117 | |
Biogeography 163 | |
Soils and soil erosion 189 | |
Environmental impacts and hazards 215 | |
Environmental protection regulation and policy 247 | |
NCWCD 260 | |
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Abha Agriculture and Water al Khali aquifer Arabian Gulf Arabian Peninsula Arabian Plate Arabic arid Asir associated badu barchan basalts basin central climatic coast coastal conservation cover rocks deposits desert drainage dunes east eastern Empty Quarter environment environmental erosion escarpment Figure Formation gravel grazing groundwater Ha’il Harrat Hijaz hima houbara irrigation Jabal Jiddah Jizan karst Khali Kingdom lake laterite lava linear dunes Madinah major Makkah MEPA Ministry of Agriculture mountains Nafud Najran NCWCD northern outcrop percent Photo plain plants plateau Pleistocene Precambrian protected areas Quaternary rainfall recharge Red Sea region Riyadh runoff sabkhah saline sand sandstone saprolites Saud Saudi Arabia Saudi Geological Survey sea level sedimentary sediments sharms shrubland sibakh silts slopes soil southern species suggests surface Tabuk Tertiary Tihamah Torripsamment Tuwaiq Umm er Radhuma uplift vegetation Wadi water table weathering widyan Wildlife wind yardang Yemen zone