UAE Geography

Climate, Aflaj Water Channels and Agriculture

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  1. Which word describes the climate of the UAE?
  2. What is the northwesterly wind that blows over Iraq and the Persian Gulf states, mostly in summer but sometimes in winter, called?
  3. What is the name of the star Canopus in Islamic astronomy, which the Bedouin used with Polaris for night navigation?
  4. Which of the three main types of falaj consists of underground channels with an abundant, perennial flow dependent on the groundwater table?
  5. How does an aini falaj differ from a ghaili falaj in its source of water?
  6. Under which international designation were the Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas) inscribed in 2011?
  7. Which crop is described as emblematic of oasis agriculture and is hand-pollinated in traditional oasis horticulture?
  8. How many date palm trees does Al Ain Oasis contain?
  9. What is the Arabic term for a predominantly coastal, supratidal mudflat or sandflat where evaporite minerals accumulate in an arid climate?
  10. Which coastal salt-flat landform has its accepted type locality on the southern coast of the Persian Gulf, in the United Arab Emirates?
  11. What tunnel systems, dug into the ground or carved into rock, water many oases of the Arabian Peninsula that have a date palm overstory?
  12. Which process removes salt from seawater to provide drinking water, with the biggest plants located in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Israel?
  13. Which oasis in Al Ain, covering more than 1,200 hectares and containing more than 147,000 date palms, was inscribed by UNESCO in 2011 as part of the Cultural Sites of Al Ain?
  14. What meteorological phenomenon causes morning fog to blanket coastal UAE cities frequently during autumn and winter months?
  15. In some mountainous areas of the UAE, how high does annual rainfall often reach?
  16. Which tree, Prosopis cineraria, is the national tree of the United Arab Emirates?
  17. How has the UAE used drones since 2021 as part of cloud seeding?
  18. What do average maximum temperatures reach on the UAE's coastal plain in July and August?
  19. In which months do average maximum temperatures on the coastal plain of the UAE reach above 48 degrees Celsius?
  20. Which mineral is deposited on the surface of a sabkha, while gypsum and aragonite precipitate in the subsurface?
  21. What name is given to the palm frond shelters that the Bedouin traditionally used in the summer months?
  22. What is the average annual rainfall in the coastal area of the UAE?
  23. Which mountain, with its summit in Oman's Musandam Governorate and a UAE side in Ras Al Khaimah, has the highest point in the UAE just west of its peak?
  24. How deep is the Persian Gulf, whose high evaporation rate affects humidity along the UAE coast?
  25. Which traditional irrigation network system of the UAE was added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage lists in 2020?

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