Middle East
Oman
Dhofar

Khor Rori

Khor Rori is a bar-built estuary at the mouth of Wādī Darbāt in the Dhofar Governorate, , near . It is an intermittently closed/open /lagoon, with an inlet from Arabian Sea that is usually disconnected.
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Photo: Snickeringshadow, Public domain.
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: archaeological site in Oman
  • Also known as: “Khawr Rawri”, “Khawr Rawrī”, “Kho Roury”, “Khor Reiri”, “Khore Ririe”, and “Sumhuram”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taqah and Indaf.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a wilayat and coastal town of the Dhofar Governorate, in southwestern . It is located at about. The nature of the wilayat is diverse, as it is a coastal province with beaches, plains, and mountains.

Village
is a village in Dhofar Governorate, in southwestern . is situated 7 km northwest of Khor Rori.

Village
is a village in Dhofar Governorate, in southwestern . is situated 7 km northwest of Khor Rori.

Khor Rori

Latitude
17.03877° or 17° 2′ 20″ north
Longitude
54.43407° or 54° 26′ 3″ east
Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)
Open location code
7H9P2CQM+GJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 335581726
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
287575
Wiki­data ID
Q826118
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Maltese—“Khor Rori” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خور روري”
  • Arabic: “سمهرم”
  • Chinese: “劳里湖”
  • Chinese: “勞里湖”
  • Dutch: “Khor Rori”
  • French: “Khor Rori”
  • French: “Sumhuram”
  • German: “Khor Rori”
  • Greek: “Κορ Ρόρι”
  • Japanese: “コールロリ”
  • Maltese: “Khor Rori”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Khor Rori”. Photo: Snickeringshadow, Public domain.