| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/65919 |
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| English | Falaj Valley | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Valley |
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| Latitude |
22° 13' 34.1" N (22.22614°) |
| Longitude |
60° 18' 36.4" E (60.31011°) |
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22° 3' 45.3" N (22.0626°) |
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60° 0' 27.5" E (60.0076°) |
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| Max. Lat |
22° 26' 16.1" N (22.4378°) |
| Max. Long |
60° 36' 7.1" E (60.602°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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| Notes |
Additional information (en): This feature has a meandering shape. Minimum depth (m): 1946. Maximum depth (m): 3097. Total relief (m): 1151. Dimension/size: 81 km long. |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting(s): SCUFN-38. Proposer: Oman National Hydrographic Office (ONHO). History: 2025. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: French oceanographic survey vessel "Beautemps-Beaupré". Year of discovery: 2009. History: Named from an ancient irrigation channel system to distribute water to farms and villages in Oman, locally known as "Falaj". Some "Falaj" in Oman are up to 1500 years old. Oman has over 4000 "Falaj" and five of them were registered in the UNESCO world's heritage list in 2006. |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 16505381 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 22.2261; Longitude: 60.3101 |
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Last edited on 2026-09-30 14:10:25 by Lonneville Britt
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