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
water: 329 sq km
land: 91,971 sq km |
| Area - comparative: | slightly smaller than Indiana |
| 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 |
| 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: 2.67%
permanent crops: 1.83%
other: 95.5% (2001) |
| Irrigated land: | 750 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards: | droughts; periodic earthquakes |
| Environment - current issues: | limited natural fresh water 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 |
| 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
Source: CIA World Factbook
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