Landscapes: Typical landscape on alluvial plains around Fujairah
The alluvial plains physiographic region has three main components—alluvial fans, alluvial plains, and wadis. The alluvial plains and fans occur on both sides of the Hajar Mountains. On the western side, however, they are much more extensive (up to 20 km wide) than on the eastern side, where there is rarely more than 2–3 km from the mountain front to the coast.
Most of the alluvial plains are composed of gravel to boulders, with a general trend towards finer alluvium with distance from the mountain front. Near the mountains, the fan heads are usually incised, with channels cutting into coarse alluvium. The middle parts of the fans are generally flat with very low relief and with shallow channels up to 5 m wide. At the foot of most fans, the particle sizes are fine, often sand, with braided channels. In some cases these channels coalesce to form wadis that extend out into the adjacent sand dunes.
Landscapes: Typical landscape on alluvial plains around Fujairah
The alluvial plains physiographic region has three main components—alluvial fans, alluvial plains, and wadis. The alluvial plains and fans occur on both sides of the Hajar Mountains. On the western side, however, they are much more extensive (up to 20 km wide) than on the eastern side, where there is rarely more than 2–3 km from the mountain front to the coast.
Most of the alluvial plains are composed of gravel to boulders, with a general trend towards finer alluvium with distance from the mountain front. Near the mountains, the fan heads are usually incised, with channels cutting into coarse alluvium. The middle parts of the fans are generally flat with very low relief and with shallow channels up to 5 m wide. At the foot of most fans, the particle sizes are fine, often sand, with braided channels. In some cases these channels coalesce to form wadis that extend out into the adjacent sand dunes.