| Geography | Jordan |
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Location:
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Middle East, northwest of Saudi Arabia |
Geographic coordinates:
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31 00 N, 36 00 E |
Map references:
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Middle East |
Area:
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total: 92,300 sq km
land: 91,971 sq km
water: 329 sq km |
Area - comparative:
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slightly smaller than Indiana |
Land boundaries:
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total: 1,635 km
border countries: Iraq 181 km, Israel 238 km, Saudi Arabia 744 km, Syria 375 km, West Bank 97 km |
Coastline:
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26 km |
Maritime claims:
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territorial sea: 3 nm |
Climate:
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mostly arid desert; rainy season in west (November to April) |
Terrain:
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mostly desert plateau in east, highland area in west; Great Rift Valley separates East and West Banks of the Jordan River |
Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Jabal Ram 1,734 m |
Natural resources:
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phosphates, potash, shale oil |
Land use:
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arable land: 3.32%
permanent crops: 1.18%
other: 95.5% (2005) |
Irrigated land:
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750 sq km (2003) |
Total renewable water resources:
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0.9 cu km (1997) |
Total renewable water resources - per capita:
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142 cubic meters per capita |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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Total: 1.01 cu km/yr (21%/4%/75%)
Per capita: 177 cu m/yr (2000) |
Natural hazards:
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droughts; periodic earthquakes |
Environment - current issues:
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limited natural fresh water resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification |
Environment - international agreements:
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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:
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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 |
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