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Environment Society of Oman (1675 words) |
 | To the north, the Governorate of Musandam, overlooking the Strait of Hormuz, is separated from the remainder of Oman by some 95 km of United Arab Emirates territory. |
| Along the north-east of the range is the alluvial plain of the Batinah region, whilst to the west and south gravel plains stretch to the southern governorate of Dhofar. |
| In the Governorate of Dhofar the gravel plains rise southwards to the escarpment of the Dhofar mountains, reaching 1,800 m and comprising mainly tertiary rocks, including calcareous shale, limestone, and massive gypsum. |
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NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Kafr ash Shaykh (496 words) |
| Kafr ash Shaykh is one of the governorates of Egypt. |
| Ash Sharqiyah is one of the governorates of Egypt. |
| muhaz (governorate) in the middle Nile Delta, Lower Egypt, bounded on the east and west by the Damietta and the Rosetta branches of the Nile, on the north by Kafr ash-Shaykh muhaz and by al-Minufiyah muhaz to the south. |
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