OMAN. HAJAR MOUNTAINS. THE REGION OF JABAL AL AKHDAR, THE GREEN MOUNTAIN, GETS ITS NAME FROM THE TERRACE CULTIVATIONS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FALAJ, AN I

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OMAN. HAJAR MOUNTAINS. THE REGION OF JABAL AL AKHDAR, THE GREEN MOUNTAIN, GETS ITS NAME FROM THE TERRACE CULTIVATIONS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FALAJ, AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM WHICH DRIVES THE WATER FROM THE TOP OF THE MOUNATINS DOWN TO THE VILLAGES. HERE THE VILLAGE OF AL AYN.

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