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Encyclopedia > Geography of Jordan

Location: Southwest Asia, northwest of Saudi Arabia. Considered to be one of the fifteen states that comprise the so-called "Cradle of Humanity"

Map of Jordan


Geographic coordinates: 31 00 N, 36 00 E


Map references: Middle East


Area:
total: 89,213 km²
land: 88,884 km²
water: 329 km²


Land boundaries:
total: 1,619 km
border countries: Iraq 181 km, Israel 238 km, Saudi Arabia 728 km, Syria 375 km, West Bank 97 km


Coastline: 26 km


Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 3 nautical miles


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: 4%
permanent crops: 1%
permanent pastures: 9%
forests and woodland: 1%
other: 85% (1993 est.)


Irrigated land: 630 km² (1993 est.)


Natural hazards: NA


Environment - current issues: limited natural fresh water resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification


Environment - international agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

See also : Jordan

  Results from FactBites:
 
Jordan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2555 words)
Jordan is a constitutional monarchy based on the constitution promulgated on January 8, 1952.
Jordan is a Middle Eastern country, bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the northeast, Saudi Arabia to the east and south and Israel and West Bank to the west.
Jordan is classified by the World Bank as a "lower middle income country." The per capita GDP was approximately $1,817 (€1,479) for 2003 and 14.5% of the economically active population, on average, was unemployed in 2003.
Search Encyclopedia.com (332 words)
Jordan -> Economy In the late 1990s, Jordan had an unemployment rate of almost 25%, while nearly 50% of those who were employed were on the government payroll.
Jordan -> History The history section of this article is primarily concerned with the region E of the Jordan River; for the history of the area to the west, see Palestine.Early History to Independence The region of present-day Jordan roughly corresponds to the biblical lands of Ammon, Bashan, Edom, and Moab.
Eastern Jordan, which encompasses about 92% of the country's land area, is made up of a section (average elevation: 2,500 ft/760 m) of the Arabian Plateau that in the northeast includes part of the Syrian Desert.
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