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<text id=94CT0739><title>Jordan—Geography</title> <article><source>CIA Factbook</source> <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Jordan<nl>Geography</hdr><body> <list> <item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Middle East, between Israel and Saudi Arabia <item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 89,213 sq km <item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 88,884 sq km <item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> slightly smaller than Indiana </list> <item><hi format=bold>Land boundaries:</hi> total 1,619 km, Iraq 181 km, Israel 238 km, Saudi Arabia 728 km, Syria 375 km, West Bank 97 km <item><hi format=bold>Coastline:</hi> 26 km <item><hi format=bold>Maritime claims:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>territorial sea:</hi> 3 nm </list> <item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> differences with Israel over the location of the 1949 Armistice Line that separates the two countries; water-sharing issues with Israel <item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> mostly arid desert; rainy season in west (November to April) <item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> mostly desert plateau in east, highland area in west; Great Rift Valley separates East and West Banks of the Jordan River <item><hi format=bold>Natural resources:</hi> phosphates, potash, shale oil <item><hi format=bold>Land use:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>arable land:</hi> 4% <item>• <hi format=ital>permanent crops:</hi> 0.5% <item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 1% <item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 0.5% <item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 94% </list> <item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> 570 sq km (1989 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> lack of adequate natural water resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification <item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> NA <item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands </list></list></body></article></text>