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Introduction - Bahrain: | Location - Bahrain: | Location | Middle East, archipelago in the Persian Gulf, east of Saudi Arabia | | Geographic coordinates | 26 00 N, 50 33 E | | Map references | Middle East | | Area | total: 665 sq km
land: 665 sq km
water: 0 sq km | | Area comparative | 3.5 times the size of Washington, DC | | Land boundaries | 0 km | | Coastline | 161 km | | Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
continental shelf: extending to boundaries to be determined | | Climate | arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers | | Terrain | mostly low desert plain rising gently to low central escarpment | | Elevation extremes | lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: Jabal ad Dukhan 122 m | | Natural resources | oil, associated and nonassociated natural gas, fish, pearls | | Land use | arable land: 2.82%
permanent crops: 5.63%
other: 91.55% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 40 sq km (2003) | | Natural hazards | periodic droughts; dust storms | | Environment current issues | desertification resulting from the degradation of limited arable land, periods of drought, and dust storms; coastal degradation (damage to coastlines, coral reefs, and sea vegetation) resulting from oil spills and other discharges from large tankers, oil refineries, and distribution stations; lack of freshwater resources, groundwater and seawater are the only sources for all water needs | | Environment international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements | | Geography note | close to primary Middle Eastern petroleum sources; strategic location in Persian Gulf, through which much of the Western worlds petroleum must transit to reach open ocean | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |