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Buraidah (Arabic: بريدة) lies in the Al Qasim region of Saudi Arabia in the heart of the Arabian peninsula. Buraidah lies equidistant from the Red Sea to the west and the Persian Gulf to the east. It has a population of 378,422 (2004 census). Arabic (; , less formally, ) is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... Categories: Geography stubs | Provinces of Saudi Arabia ... The Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula (in Arabic: Ø´Ø¨Ù‡ Ø§Ù„Ø¬Ø²ÙŠØ±Ø© Ø§Ù„Ø¹Ø±Ø¨ÙŠØ©) is a peninsula in Southwest Asia at the junction of Africa and Asia consisting mainly of desert. ... Location of the Red Sea Image:Red Seaimage. ... Map of the Persian Gulf. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Buraidah, the regional capital of Qasim, is located on the edge of the Wadi Al-Rummah. The Wadi Al-Rummah is the longest wadi in the Kingdom, stretching some 370 miles (600 km) from near Madinah to the Al-Thuwairat sands. A wadi is a dry riverbed that contains water only during times of heavy rain. ... This article is about the Saudi city of Medina. ...

Buraidah has a typical desert climate, with hot summers, cold winters and low humidity. A dune in the Egyptian desert In geography, a desert is a landscape form or region that receives little precipitation. ...

As part of the Kingdom's agricultural development program, the region of Buraidah has made an outstanding contribution to the Kingdom's wheat production. It played a crucial role in enabling the Kingdom to become not only self-sufficient in wheat but a major exporter of the cereal. Species T. boeoticum T. compactum T. dicoccoides T. dicoccon T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta T. sphaerococcum References: ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 Wheat (Triticum spp. ...

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