🧿 Khor Rori

Oman · Asia · 17.04°N, 54.43°E

Khor Rori is a bar-built estuary at the mouth of Wādī Darbāt in the Dhofar Governorate, Oman, near Taqah. It is an intermittently closed/open lake/lagoon, with an inlet from Arabian Sea that is usually disconnected. It is a major breeding ground for birds, and used to act as an important harbour for frankincense trade when it was an open estuary. The area represents a popular tourist spot within Oman and since 2000, is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Land of Frankincense.

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Quick facts

Country	Oman
Continent / region	Asia
Coordinates (approx.)	17.04°N, 54.43°E · view on map

Khor Rori is located in Oman, in Asia.

More archaeological sites in Oman

Al-Baleed Archaeological Park · Al-Khawdh · Al-Nejd, Sultanate of Oman · Archaeological site of Shisr · Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn · Jebel al-Salayli (archaeological site) · Samad al-Shan · Tomb of Job.

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