Geography Of 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 water: 0 sq km land: 665 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 continental shelf: extending to boundaries to be determined contiguous zone: 24 nm
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% (2001)
Irrigated land	50 sq km (1998 est.)
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, 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 world's petroleum must transit to reach open ocean

Applied Language Solutions offer English to Arabic Translation , English Translation , English to Farsi Translation , English to Urdu Translation .

This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

Flags

If you would like to use this flag of Bahrain or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page. Please click here for information.

Map

If you would like to use this map of Bahrain or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page. Please click here for information.

Country Information

If you would like to use this information for Bahrain or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page. Please click here for information.

Geography Of Bahrain