Jabal Qihwi

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Jabal Qihwi or Jabal Qa'wah (Jabal Qahwī) (1,735 m (5, 692 ft)), along with the Jabal Al Harim (2,087 m (6, 847 ft)) and Jabal Bil Ays / Jebel Jais (1,911 m (6, 270 ft)), are the three highest and most representative mountains of the Musandam Governorate, in Oman. Jabal Qihwi has a prominence of 1,435 m (4, 708 ft) and a topographic isolation of 23.36 km (14.52 mi), and rises in the central area of the western boundary of the drainage divide of Karsha / Wadi Khabb Shamsi. Its summit lies on the drainage divide, between the basins of the Wadi Khabb Shamsi (which pours into the Gulf of Oman) and the Wadi Bih, which has its main sources of origin on the southern and eastern slopes of the Jabal Al Harim (2,087 m (6, 847 ft)), also in the Musandam Governorate, and pours into the Persian Gulf, landing in United Arab Emirates territory. The steep slope of the mountain, divided into short and high steps, contains two relevant peaks: the northern peak (Jabal Qihwi), and a lesser peak 450 m (1, 480 ft) to the south, on which there is a weather station, is named Jabal Khabb in some maps, with an elevation of 1,708 m (5, 604 ft). At 6 km (3.7 mi) north of Jabal Qihwi is the village and mountain pass of Aqabat al Asu / Aqabat Oso, situated also on the water divide line, at 940 m (3, 080 ft). Through this mountain pass runs a dirt road of 36 km (22 mi), called Wadi Kh

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