Haud
Hawd هَود هاود | |
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| Regions | Marodi Jeh, Togdheer, Sool, Nugal, Mudug ( Somalia)Somali Region (  Ethiopia) |
| Area | |
• Total | 119,000 km2 (46,000 sq mi) |
The Haud (also Hawd) (Somali: Hawd, Arabic: هَوْد), formerly known as the Hawd Reserve Area, is a plateau situated in the Horn of Africa consisting of thorn-bush and grasslands.[1] The region includes the northern part ofthe Somali Republic as well as the northern and eastern parts of the Somali Region of Ethiopia.[2][3] Haud is a historic region as well as an important grazing area and has multiple times been referenced in countless notorious poems. The region is also known for its red soil, caused by the soil's iron richness.[4] The Haud covers an estimated area of about 119,000 square km (or 46,000 square miles), more than nine-tenths the size of England, or roughly the size of North Korea.[5]
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- ^ "Hawd Plateau | plateau, East Africa". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
- ^ Deblauwe, Vincent; Couteron, Pierre; Bogaert, Jan; Barbier, Nicolas (2012). "Determinants and dynamics of banded vegetation pattern migration in arid climates". Ecological Monographs. 82 (1): 3–21. doi:10.1890/11-0362.1. ISSN 0012-9615. JSTOR 23206682.
- ^ "Hawd Pastoral Livelihood Zone Baseline Profile, August 2011 - Somalia". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
- ^ Macfadyen, W. A. (1950). "Vegetation Patterns in the Semi-Desert Plains of British Somaliland". The Geographical Journal. 116 (4/6): 199–211. doi:10.2307/1789384. ISSN 0016-7398. JSTOR 1789384.