What is the name of the narrow coastal plain that stretches along the western coast of the Arabian Peninsula between the Red Sea and the Sarawat mountain escarpment?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Tihamah
- Step 1: Analyze Arabian regional topography: A hot, humid coastal lowland borders the Red Sea, varying in width from 20 to 60 kilometers.
- Step 2: This lowland plain is historically and geographically known as Tihamah (Tihamat Asir and Tihamat Al-Hijaz).
Answer
Tihamah.
Why not the others: 'Najd' is the central elevated desert plateau; 'Al-Qassim' is an agricultural depression within Najd; 'Al-Hasa' is the eastern coastal oasis plain.
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