Al-Qarah Mountain, which is located in the eastern side of Al-Ahsa Province, is one of the most important tourist attractions in the Kingdom and in the world.It is one of the tourist attractions and for hundreds of years of written history of Al-Ahsa, the famous Al-Qarah Mountain, which sits on an oasis surrounded by a forest of palm trees, has kept many mysterious secrets that have been moving between Generations are like legends, and as far as the mountain was rising over the green oasis, it has added to the memory of the heritage further enrichment of the site, the story and the landmarks. Al-Qarah Mountain is known as Al-Shabaan Mountain, one of the most prominent natural tourist attractions in Al-Ahsa and the most famous historical sites.It is located on an area of 1400 hectares and consists of sedimentary rocks and is characterized by caves of distinct climatic nature.The mountain is 70 meters high and the mountain follows the top of the continent. Rocky downtown continent. The nature of the continent's mountain, especially the rock cavities evokes the pleasure and contemplation of the visitor, the rocks carved by nature and the factors of erosion in various forms gave the place more fun and awe, while the manifold caves gave more mystery to the place. The continental mountain is 210 meters above sea level and its geological age (modern era) and its rock composition consists of (limestone sandstone) and its cave causes of the movement of sea waves and various erosion factors, making it a natural summer and winter air conditioning on holidays and occasions. What is surprising for the people of Al-Ahsa and visitors who come from the Gulf countries and residents in the Kingdom, the mountain is characterized by the phenomenon of low temperature inside the mountain in summer and high winter, and this conflict between the climate inside the caves of the continent and outside the mountain, which made the mountain always and throughout the ages witness many Social events where he meant the people of the surrounding villages for hundreds of years until the appearance of electricity to cool down from the summer Glua, and thus active madrasah rings in the mountain caves, and increased the people's attention to these caves discover more of them so they start. On holidays and occasions, many residents of Al-Ahsa villages and cities go to Jabal Al-Qarah. The researcher says: Mohammed Taher Jalawah, a member of the village of Al-Qarah, said that the caves of Jabal Al-Qarah, which lies in the back of the mountain, and opposite his front entrance, which was paved years ago by the municipality of Al-Ahsa, was a hotbed. The people of the villages around the mountain hold literary sessions and teach the Koran. Seniors are staying This cave is very cold in summer and warm in winter, and in its belly is called (Almazamh) because of the increase of coolness in summer, where temperatures below 20 degrees Celsius reaches cooler caves, along with other caves such as Ghar (Mihoub) and Ghar (Abu Salih).
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