The reservoir of King Fahad Dam in Bishah.

I was quite surprised to learn that the year I visited the dam did not get any rain, even then, the dam has a storage of 25% water.

King Fahad Dam stores water that flows down from the mountains of Asir region.

Rocky Terrain

A very fertile land, Bishah, nowadays is getting short of ground water. As you drive through the wadis, you witness the plight of date farms that are partially wilted though there are areas in Bishah that has amazingly large date farms.

The terrain of Bishah is rocky, though, broad valleys like Wadi Tarj snakes through the region. A number of mountains like mount al Qunnah, mount Makharim, mount Ad Dhurayyat, mount Ad Dahlah...etc are surrounding the city.

On the Bishah - Khamis Mushayt route, you pass by a number of old settlements, some occupied and some are deserted.

A side view of the dam