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Jordan
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Geography |
| 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: 1,619 km border
countries: Iraq 181 km, Israel 238 km, Saudi Arabia 728 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: 4%
permanent crops: 1%
permanent pastures: 9%
forests and woodland: 1% other: 85% (1993 est.) |
| Irrigated land: |
630 sq km (1993 est.) |
| Natural hazards: |
droughts |
Environment -
current issues: |
limited natural fresh water resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification |
Environment -
international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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Last Updated on 10/25/2002 08:49 AM
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