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3. Site Analysis
- Site is roughly 2,000 acres (8 million square meters)
- Difference between sites lowest point and its highest
point: 50 meters
- There are also a number of dramatic elevation changes in the
form of rocky outcroppings
- Two specific flash flood paths in the site's lowest areas
- Drainage primarily to the east
- Site is generally at higher elevations along its road frontage
- The road bordering the site on its western side is the more
developed 'tourist road' that leads in one direction to the city
of Abha
- Site's base is primarily granite
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| Topographic map of the site. Also shows contour lines,
directions toward north and Mecca, road frontage, and rock formations
on the site. Click
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