The Geography of Mecca and its Relationship with Water in the Islamic Era

Abstract

Mecca and geographical relation with waterIn Islamic AgesThere is a close relationship between the geographical nature of the city of Meccaand water, starting by name where it is believed that the name of Mecca is derivedfrom the process of extracting the water therein as the Mak water means suck it ,that the name of Mecca comes from , as if nature morphologies of Mecca spreadmountains, valleys and the nature of the soil valleys porous allow leakage of waterinto it to make it form pools of water underground and formed an important source ofwater wells, also contributed to its environment desert hot, dry high degree ofevaporation and erratic rainfall and exposed to winds carrying dust and sand, as wellas the composition of the rocky underground in Mecca and the presence of cracks andcrevices and spacers which was a factor in groundwater recharge for some of thewells drilled in the rock.