Geography Of Syria

Location	Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Lebanon and Turkey
Geographic coordinates	35 00 N, 38 00 E
Map references	middle_east
Area	total: 185,180 sq km note: includes 1,295 sq km of Israeli-occupied territory water: 1,130 sq km land: 184,050 sq km
Area comparative	slightly larger than North Dakota
Land boundaries	total: 2,253 km border countries: Iraq 605 km, Israel 76 km, Jordan 375 km, Lebanon 375 km, Turkey 822 km
Coastline	193 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 41 nm
Climate	mostly desert; hot, dry, sunny summers (June to August) and mild, rainy winters (December to February) along coast; cold weather with snow or sleet periodically in Damascus
Terrain	primarily semiarid and desert plateau; narrow coastal plain; mountains in west
Elevation extremes	lowest point: unnamed location near Lake Tiberias -200 m highest point: Mount Hermon 2,814 m
Natural resources	petroleum, phosphates, chrome and manganese ores, asphalt, iron ore, rock salt, marble, gypsum, hydropower
Land use	arable land: 25.22% permanent crops: 4.43% other: 70.35% (2001)
Irrigated land	12,130 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	dust storms, sandstorms
Environment - current issues	deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; water pollution from raw sewage and petroleum refining wastes; inadequate potable water
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification
Geography note	there are 42 Israeli settlements and civilian land use sites in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights (February 2002 est.)

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

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