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Forested area of the Mabla Mountains, c. 1930
The Mabla Mountains today

The Mabla Mountains (variants: Monti Mabla, Monts Mabla)[1] are a mountain range in the northern Obock and Tadjoura Region of Djibouti. The endemic Djibouti francolin makes its home here as well as in the Forêt du Day. With a mean height of 1370 metres, is the fifth highest point in Djibouti.

Geography

Along with Forêt du Day, the Mabla Mountains are one of Djibouti's two remnant areas of closed forest.[2] The range is located in the Obock Region, Vorlage:Convert west of Obock, a port town.[3] At Vorlage:Convert above sea level,[4] the mountains are situated behind the coastal plain where the Red Sea meets the Gulf of Aden.[5] They lie on the northern side of the Gulf of Tadjoura, and are characterized as a highland region.[6]

 
The Djibouti francolin

The mountains consist of a range that extends north from near Ras Duan, a steep cliff. Accolado Mount (Assasanto), Vorlage:Convert above sea level, is the north mount of the east branch of the Mabla Mountains; it is located Vorlage:Convert northwest of the Latela Valley entrance. Morne Rouge, Vorlage:Convert above sea level, is Vorlage:Convert north-northwest of the valley entrance. It has three round summits which are formed of reddish stones. Morne Blanc, Vorlage:Convert west-southwestof Morne Rouge, is a cone of a greyish appearance. Pic du Hussard (Aramuda) Vorlage:Convert high is Vorlage:Convert north of Ras Duan; it has a large, rounded summit. Minerva's Face, Vorlage:Convert south-southeast of Pic du Hussard has three summits, the highest of which is Vorlage:Convert high. Devil's Chair, Vorlage:Convert southeast of Minerva's Face, is Vorlage:Convert high and clearly visible from seaward.[7]

The annual rainfall measures approximately Vorlage:Convert.[5]

Culture

An Afar people subgroup, Ma`andiyta (or "White"; or Mandita) stayed in the Mabla Mountains, while the Ma`andiyta of Immino (or Awsa, or Aussa, or Assaw ; or "Red") did not.[8] The Mandita are located west of the Mabla Mountains.[9] Another Afar subgroup, the Debne, were settled in the Mabla also.[10] Yet another tribe is the Basooma.[11]

The dabou, a permanent stone dwelling, is found in certain high ground regions, such as the Mabla and Goda Mountains, as well as in Ethiopia with the Afar.[12][13]

Flora and fauna

 
Myosotis (or Forget-me-not).

The endemic, critically endangered Djibouti francolin was first recorded here in 1985, with the nearby Forêt du Day being its only other location.[14][15][16]

In the 1920s, the mountains were thickly covered with trees.[7] The terrain includes box (Frais spp.) and acacias, as well as palm groves within ravines. Higher elevations of Vorlage:Convert are home to juniper forest that include tall arborescens Euphorbia, and flowering herbs such as Forget-me-not. Near the summit can be found ferns.[17]

Conservation

In recent years, the forest has been damaged severely, chiefly through forest fires, the grazing of cattle, the felling of its trees, as well as military requirements.[14] In the 1980s, a proposal was made to establish a national park in the mountains' Goula Region.[18]

Climate

Mabla Mountains enjoys a mild climate throughout the winter and moderately sunny summer.

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References

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  1. ↑ Mabla, Obock, Djibouti. In: travelingluck.com. Abgerufen am 30. Mai 2011.
  2. ↑ Djibouti - Forestry. Djibouti Wildlife, abgerufen am 27. November 2013.
  3. ↑ British Ornithologists' Club: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. British Ornithologists' Club, 1988, S. 68 (google.com [abgerufen am 30. Mai 2011]).
  4. ↑ Keith Lye: Firefly World Factbook. Firefly Books, 2003, ISBN 978-1-55297-839-9, S. 100– (google.com [abgerufen am 30. Mai 2011]).
  5. ↑ a b Steve Luck: The American Desk Encyclopedia. Oxford University Press US, 1998, ISBN 978-0-19-521465-9, S. 250– (google.com [abgerufen am 30. Mai 2011]).
  6. ↑ George Philip, Keith Lye: Oxford Encyclopedic World Atlas. Oxford University Press US, 2002, ISBN 978-0-19-521920-3, S. 202– (google.com [abgerufen am 30. Mai 2011]).
  7. ↑ a b United States. Hydrographic Office: Red Sea and Gulf of Aden pilot: comprising the Suez Canal, the Gulfs of Suez and Akaba, the Red Sea and Strait of Bab el Mandeb, the Gulf of Aden with Sokotra and adjacent islands, and the southeast coast of Arabia to Ras al Hadd. Now in the public domain. Auflage. Hydrographic Office ; Government Printing Office, 1922, S. 560– (google.com [abgerufen am 30. Mai 2011]).
  8. ↑ Siegbert Uhlig: Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: A-C. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 2003, ISBN 978-3-447-04746-3, S. 103– (google.com [abgerufen am 30. Mai 2011]).
  9. ↑ Jacques Meyer May, Donna L. McLellan: The ecology of malnutrition in Eastern Africa and four countries of Western Africa: Equatorial Guinea, the Gambia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Rhodesia, Zambia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, the French Territory of the Afars and Issas, the Somali Republic and Sudan. Hafner Pub. Co., 1970, S. 537 (google.com [abgerufen am 30. Mai 2011]).
  10. ↑ Daoud Aboubaker Alwan, Yohanis Mibrathu: Historical dictionary of Djibouti. Scarecrow Press, 2000, ISBN 978-0-8108-3873-4, S. 36– (google.com [abgerufen am 30. Mai 2011]).
  11. ↑ R. J. Hayward, I. M. Lewis: Voice and Power: The Culture of Language in North-East Africa : Essays in Honour of B.W. Andrzejewski. Psychology Press, 1996, ISBN 978-0-7286-0257-1, S. 278– (google.com [abgerufen am 30. Mai 2011]).
  12. ↑ I. M. Lewis: Peoples of the Horn of Africa: Somali, Afar and Saho. Red Sea Press, 1998, ISBN 978-1-56902-104-0, S. 159, 166 (google.com [abgerufen am 30. Mai 2011]).
  13. ↑ Ethinic Groups. In: tourismethiopia.gov.et. Archiviert vom Original am 30. Dezember 2010; abgerufen am 30. Mai 2011.
  14. ↑ a b S. N. Stuart, Richard J. Adams: Biodiversity in Sub-Saharan Africa and its Islands: Conservation, Management and Sustainable Use. IUCN, 1990, ISBN 978-2-8317-0021-2, S. 81– (google.com [abgerufen am 30. Mai 2011]).
  15. ↑ Clive Bealey, Henry Ford, Houssein A. Rayaleh: Djibouti Francolin Expedition Report. World Pheasant Association, September 2004, S. 1, abgerufen am 30. Mai 2011.
  16. ↑ CR Djibouti Francolin Francolinus ochropectus. In: birdlife.org. Abgerufen am 30. Mai 2011.
  17. ↑ Peter A. Furley, Walter W. Newey: Geography of the biosphere: an introduction to the nature, distribution and evolution of the world's life zones. Butterworths, 1983, ISBN 978-0-408-70801-2, S. 289 (google.com [abgerufen am 30. Mai 2011]).
  18. ↑ Afrotropical. IUCN, 1992, ISBN 978-2-8317-0092-2, S. 89– (google.com [abgerufen am 30. Mai 2011]).
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