Geography Of United Arab Emirates

Location	Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia
Geographic coordinates	24 00 N, 54 00 E
Map references	middle_east
Area	total: 82,880 sq km land: 82,880 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area comparative	slightly smaller than Maine
Land boundaries	total: 867 km border countries: Oman 410 km, Saudi Arabia 457 km
Coastline	1,318 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate	desert; cooler in eastern mountains
Terrain	flat, barren coastal plain merging into rolling sand dunes of vast desert wasteland; mountains in east
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m highest point: Jabal Yibir 1,527 m
Natural resources	petroleum, natural gas
Land use	arable land: 0.6% permanent crops: 2.25% other: 97.15% (2001)
Irrigated land	720 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	frequent sand and dust storms
Environment - current issues	lack of natural freshwater resources compensated by desalination plants; desertification; beach pollution from oil spills
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea
Geography note	strategic location along southern approaches to Strait of Hormuz, a vital transit point for world crude oil

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

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