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128 WESTERN ROUTES
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Dist. km. | Alt.
Inter-- Station.
Total. ft.
med. |
stony desert. Row of hills
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l visible on E. with one very pro­
minent summit, Jebel Sherura.
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i Only 7 culverts on first
; 161 km.
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i 23-00 2,200 Mahtab Stone blockhouse on E. side
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of fine ; 1 loop-siding ; poor
well of brackish water. Several
culverts N. and S. of Mahtab
; over shallow wadis, which drain
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(as do the Tebuk oasis and Wadi
Ithl) into the shallow depression
mentioned above. Salt flats are
left by the drying water, and
i there is much salt in the ground
everywhere tillTebuk is reached.
Jebel Sherura, E. of the de­
pression and about 25 km. dis­
tant, is called Mimbar en-Nebi,
; the Prophet’s Pulpit by the
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Bedouins, who sometimes resort
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to it for religious purposes.
The Sherarat are reported to
■visit the range to the E. of
Sherura.
233 00 14-50 2,249 Tebuk Important oasis. Railway de­
pot. Station on W. side of line,
except engine-shed on SE. All
*>: stone buildings with tiled roofs.
Repair shop (hand tools),
stores, triangle, guard-house.
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Well, 22 metres deep, yielding
90,000 gallons a day. Water-
»• tower with two tanks, steam

pump, and windmill pump,
j Military hospital 1 mile S. of
j station. On the line, II km.
j S. of station, in the sand, is
i a (quarantine station — a large
wired enclosure each side of line.
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