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This region of broken mountain terrain, shallow plateau valleys, and usually dry watercourses is known to the Somalis as the Ogo. In the Ogo's especially arid eastern part, the plateau—broken by several isolated mountain ranges—gradually slopes toward the Somali Sea and in central Somalia constitutes the Mudug Plain.
The Historical Dictionary of SOMALIA, published in 1975, states "GOLIS MOUNTAINS. In the north-central area of the Republic. Mountain peaks reach an altitude of almost 8,000 feet." [13]: 65 A map published in 1989, U.S. National Imagery and Mapping Agency, Series Y629, also shows the mountain range north of Sanaag as Buuraha Cal Madow. [14]
The Ogo Mountains (Ogo Highlands), also known as the Galgodon Highlands, [1] (Somali: Buuraha Oogo, Arabic: جبل أوغو) are a mountain range in the country of Somaliland. They cross the Sanaag and Togdheer regions. With a mean peak height of 2,450 m (8,040 ft), the ecology of this landform is semi-desert.
Cal Miskaad (also Calmiskaad, Al Miskad; Somali: Buuraha Cal Miskaad; Arabic: علمسكاد, romanized: ʿAlamiskad) is a mountain range in Somalia. It stretches across an area between the east of Karin, Somalia, to the tip of the Horn of Africa. Its peak sits at almost 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in Bahaya, east of Bosaso.
Cal Madow (also Calmadow, Al Madow, Al Medu, or Al Mado; Somali: Buuraha Calmadow; Arabic: عَلَمْدُو, romanized: ʿAlamdū) is a mountain range in Somaliland. [2] It stretches across an area between the east of Sanaag to the Bari regions of Somalia. Its peak sits at almost 2,500 m (8,200 ft) in Shimbiris, northwest of Erigavo. Cal ...
Mount Shimbiris is the highest peak in Somaliland. [1] It has an elevation of 2,460 metres (8,071 ft) above sea level. [2] It is located in the Ogo Mountains range in the Sanaag region.
Mountain passes of Somalia (1 P) Pages in category "Mountains of Somalia" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
The Somali montane xeric shrublands is a desert and xeric scrubland ecoregion in Somalia.The ecoregion lies in the rugged Karkaar Mountains, which run parallel and close to Somalia's northern coast on the Gulf of Aden, and follows coast from Cape Guardafui south to Eyl on the Arabian Sea.