Jordan Description

Jordan Hashiminskoe Kingdom - the official name of Jordan.
Capital - Amman.

State of the Middle East. It has borders with Syria, in the east - with Iraq, in the west - with Israel, in the south and south-east - with Saudi Arabia. A small area of the southern border of the country washed by the waters of the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Most of the country is rocky and sandy desert, framed by low mountains and high plateaus to 1500 m. Only a small strip of territory in the north-west of the country (or depression Ghor Al Gore), as well as a narrow strip along the Dead Sea, is arable. In the central and southern regions dominated by desert and mountainous semi-desert, where occasionally there are small oases.

Jordan Hashiminskoe Kingdom - the official name of Jordan.
Capital - Amman.

State of the Middle East. It has borders with Syria, in the east - with Iraq, in the west - with Israel, in the south and south-east - with Saudi Arabia. A small area of the southern border of the country washed by the waters of the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Most of the country is rocky and sandy desert, framed by low mountains and high plateaus to 1500 m. Only a small strip of territory in the north-west of the country (or depression Ghor Al Gore), as well as a narrow strip along the Dead Sea, is arable. In the central and southern regions dominated by desert and mountainous semi-desert, where occasionally there are small oases.

The highest point in the country - town of Jabal Rum (1754 meters) is located in the south of the country, the lowest - on the Dead Sea (about 400 meters below sea level). Total area of about 89,2 thousand square meters. km.