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| Choose the first letter to select required country: Geography Of Yemen
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| Location | Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia |
| Geographic coordinates | 15 00 N, 48 00 E |
| Map references | middle_east |
| Area |
total: 527,970 sq km land: 527,970 sq km note: includes perim, socotra, the former yemen arab republic (yar or north yemen), and the former people's democratic republic of yemen (pdry or south yemen) water: 0 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly larger than twice the size of Wyoming |
| Land boundaries |
total: 1,746 km border countries: oman 288 km, saudi arabia 1,458 km |
| Coastline | 1,906 km |
| Maritime claims |
territorial sea: 12 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Climate | mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east |
| Terrain | narrow coastal plain backed by flat-topped hills and rugged mountains; dissected upland desert plains in center slope into the desert interior of the Arabian Peninsula |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: arabian sea 0 m highest point: jabal an nabi shu'ayb 3,760 m |
| Natural resources | petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble, small deposits of coal, gold, lead, nickel, and copper, fertile soil in west |
| Land use |
arable land: 2.78% permanent crops: 0.24% other: 96.98% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 4,900 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | sandstorms and dust storms in summer |
| Environment - current issues | very limited natural fresh water resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification |
| Environment - international agreements |
party to: biodiversity, climate change, desertification, endangered species, environmental modification, hazardous wastes, law of the sea, ozone layer protection signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Geography note | strategic location on Bab el Mandeb, the strait linking the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, one of world's most active shipping lanes |
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