Karkaar

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Karkaar is a mountain range which ranges from Somalia's northwestern border with Ethiopia, until Cape Guardafui. [1] It is also an administrative region defined by the autonomous Puntland state. The territory occupies the south of what has traditionally been the Bari region of Somalia, and generally lies south of the Karkaar mountain range. [2] Qardho was place of empire

Mountain range A geographic area containing several geologically related mountains

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References

  1. The State of the Environment in Somalia: A Desk Study, page 10, 2005
  2. "Puntland State". Puntland State Government. Archived from the original on 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2007-02-06.

Coordinates: 9°55′N49°24′E / 9.917°N 49.400°E / 9.917; 49.400

Geographic coordinate system Coordinate system

A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position and two or three of the numbers represent a horizontal position; alternatively, a geographic position may be expressed in a combined three-dimensional Cartesian vector. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation. To specify a location on a plane requires a map projection.