Umm al Samim
The Umm al Samim is a quicksand area on the eastern edge of the Rub al'khali desert largely within Oman's borders. The waters, such as they are, drain into this brackish low-lying closed basin area off the Omani mountains and the wadis of the Rub al'khali.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Sabkha
- Description: landform
- Also known as: “Masābīkh Umm as Samīm”, “Sabkhat Um as Samīm”, “Sabkhat Umm as Samim”, “Sabkhat Umm as Samīm”, “Sibākh Umm as Samīm”, “Um as Samim”, and “Umm as Samīm”
Umm al Samim
- Categories: landform and Inland salt marsh
- Location: Ad Dhahirah Governorate, Oman, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Umm al Samim” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أم السميم”
- Arabic: “سباخ أم السَّميم”
- Arabic: “سبخة أم السميم”
- Arabic: “مسابيخ أم السميم”
- Catalan: “Umm al-Samim”
- French: “Umm al Samim”
- French: “Umm al-Samim”
- German: “Umm As Samin”
- German: “Umm as-Samim”
- German: “Umm as-Samin”
- Greek: “Ουμ αλ Σαμίμ”
- Japanese: “ウンム・サミーム”
- Lithuanian: “Um al Samimas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Umm al Samim”
- Swedish: “Umm al Samim”
- Thai: “อุมมุสซะมีม”
- Uzbek: “Umm as-Samim”
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