meaning “paved road”) is thought to be one of the oldest continuously used roads in the world. It connects the Arabian ...

The Noto Peninsula has few trunk roads. Narrow roads that often run through areas sandwiched by mountains and the sea offer the main means of transport and cover the peninsula like capillary blood ...

Rain is unusual in the UAE, an arid, Arabian Peninsula nation, but occurs periodically during the cooler winter months. Many roads and other areas lack drainage given the lack of regular rainfall ...