| Location: |
Middle East, northwest of Saudi Arabia
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| Geographic coordinates: |
31 00 N, 36 00 E
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| Map references: |
Middle East
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| Area: |
total:
92,300 sq km
land:
91,971 sq km
water:
329 sq km
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| Area - comparative: |
slightly smaller than Indiana
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| Land boundaries: |
total:
1,619 km
border countries:
Iraq 181 km, Israel 238 km, Saudi Arabia 728 km, Syria 375 km, West Bank 97 km
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| Maritime claims: |
territorial sea:
3 NM
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| Climate: |
mostly arid desert; rainy season in west (November to April)
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| Terrain: |
mostly desert plateau in east, highland area in west; Great Rift Valley separates East and West Banks of the Jordan River
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| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point:
Dead Sea -408 m
highest point:
Jabal Ram 1,734 m
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| Natural resources: |
phosphates, potash, shale oil
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| Land use: |
arable land:
4%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures:
9%
forests and woodland:
1%
other:
85% (1993 est.)
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| Irrigated land: |
630 sq km (1993 est.)
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| Natural hazards: |
droughts
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| Environment - current issues: |
limited natural fresh water resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification
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| Environment - international agreements: |
party to:
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified:
none of the selected agreements
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