Geography Of 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 water: 329 sq km land: 91,971 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: 2.67% permanent crops: 1.83% other: 95.5% (2001)
Irrigated land	750 sq km (1998 est.)
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 information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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