Jordan: Geography#
| Location | Middle East, northwest of Saudi Arabia, between Israel (to the west) and Iraq |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 31 00 N, 36 00 E 31.0,36.0 |
| Area | total: 89,342 sq km land: 88,802 sq km water: 540 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: 89342 DBpedia: 89342 Geoname: 92300 Infoplease: 89342 Britannica: 88794 Wolfram: 89342 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 | 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 |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m highest point: Jabal Umm ad Dami 1,854 m |
| Highest Mountains | As there is no entry in Wolfram we are listing mountain list of Geonames only: According to Geonames: Jabal Umm ad Dami 1854 m; Jabal an Nabi Harun 1285 m Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Terrain | mostly desert plateau in east, highland area in west; Great Rift Valley separates East and West Banks of the Jordan River |
| Natural Hazards | droughts; periodic earthquakes |
| Natural Resource | phosphates, potash, shale oil |
| Land Use | arable land: 1.97% permanent crops: 0.95% other: 97.08% (2011) |
| Climate | mostly arid desert; rainy season in west (November to April) |
| Irrigated Land | 788.6 sq km (2004) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 0.94 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | limited natural freshwater 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 |
| Large Cities | Amman; az-Zarqa; Irbid; ar-Russayfah; Wadi as-Sir [Verified] Important Cities |
| 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 |