Bahrain: Geography#
| Location | Middle East, archipelago in the Persian Gulf, east of Saudi Arabia |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 26 00 N, 50 33 E 26.0,50.55 |
| Area | total: 760 sq km land: 760 sq km water: 0 sq km We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows: Factbook: 760 DBpedia: 765 Geoname: 665 Infoplease: 665 Britannica: 767 Wolfram: 760 Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Land boundaries | 0 km |
| Coastline | 161 km |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m highest point: Jabal ad Dukhan 122 m |
| Highest Mountains | |
| Terrain | mostly low desert plain rising gently to low central escarpment |
| Natural Hazards | periodic droughts; dust storms |
| Natural Resource | oil, associated and nonassociated natural gas, fish, pearls |
| Land Use | arable land: 1.79% permanent crops: 3.95% other: 94.26% (2011) |
| Climate | arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers |
| Irrigated Land | 40.15 sq km (2003) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 0.12 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | 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, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Large Cities | Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: Manama; al-Muharraq; ar-Rifaa; Madinat Hamad; Ali According to Geonames: Manama; Al Muharraq; Ar Rifa; Dar Kulayb; Madinat Hamad Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org Important Cities |
| 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 |