Jordan
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Introduction - Jordan: | Location - Jordan: | Location | Middle East, northwest of Saudi Arabia | | Geographic coordinates | 31 00 N, 36 00 E | | Map references | Middle East | | Area | total: 92,300 sq km
land: 91,971 sq km
water: 329 sq km | | Area comparative | slightly smaller than Indiana | | Land boundaries | total: 1,635 km
border countries: Iraq 181 km, Israel 238 km, Saudi Arabia 744 km, Syria 375 km, West Bank 97 km | | Coastline | 26 km | | Maritime claims | territorial sea: 3 nm | | Climate | mostly arid desert; rainy season in west (November to April) | | Terrain | mostly desert plateau in east, highland area in west; Great Rift Valley separates East and West Banks of the Jordan River | | Elevation extremes | lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Jabal Ram 1,734 m | | Natural resources | phosphates, potash, shale oil | | Land use | arable land: 3.32%
permanent crops: 1.18%
other: 95.5% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 750 sq km (2003) | | Natural hazards | droughts; periodic earthquakes | | Environment current issues | limited natural fresh water resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification | | Environment international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements | | Geography note | strategic location at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba and as the Arab country that shares the longest border with Israel and the occupied West Bank | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |