Green Mountain
Al Jabal Al Akhdar is a mountain located in the Sultanate of Oman in the state of Al Jabal Al Akhdar in the Governorate of Al Dakhiliyah. It is part of the Hajar mountain range. Al Jabal Al Akhdar is famous for the diversity of its agricultural products, such as pomegranates, peaches, apricots, walnuts and roses, which cannot grow anywhere else in the Arabian Gulf except Al Jabal Al Akhdar as a result of the distinguished weather. Its height is about 3,000 meters (10,000 feet) and it is about 170 kilometers from the capital, Muscat. This height added to a unique climate in the Arabian Gulf, characterized by moderate temperatures in summer and extreme cold in winter. With this advantage, the cultivation of deciduous trees, which are called sweet trees, is possible. Deciduous fruit trees are distinguished by the diversity and multiplicity of their varieties, and at the head of these species is the Green Mountain pomegranate, which Its fame has spread throughout the Arabian Gulf countries, and there are also local stone-stone trees such as peaches, apricots, the famous walnut trees and some local varieties of grapes and figs. The people of Jabal Al Akhdar are famous for livestock breeding and the craft of agriculture