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| 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 |
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