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The mountain area is rarely more than 25 kilometers in depth, from its southern boundary, the flat arid plateau some 650 meters above sea level, to its northern limit on the plain, where the land falls to below 150 meters. Much of the 500 meter drop in level is accomplished abruptly, at the escarpment, where local [[topographic prominence]]s may be up to 350 meters. It is from below, on the plain, viewing the steep slopes and sharply-etched skyline that the area appears mountainous; from the plateau the land appears merely hilly, and in fact it is rather flat apart from the effects of differential erosion.
Towns in the mountains include [[Gharyan]], [[Yafran]], [[Zintan]], [[Albatross Village|Albatross]] [[Jadu, Libya|Jadu]], [[Kabaw]], [[Al-Qawalish]] and [[Nalut]], which have all been the sites of military action during the 2011 civil war. Since 2007, the mountains stretch across two districts: [[Jabal al Gharbi District]] and [[Nalut District]].
== Economy ==
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