Geography of the Arab world
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Geography of each country
The geography of each country:[citation needed]
Regions
Terrains in the area can be divided into three main types: the large arid desert covering most of it, the fertile south and north, and finally the high mountains of the
The Arab world can also be divided into two continental parts: Asian, which has 12 states, and African, which is larger and has 10 states.[citation needed] Adjacent to the Arab world are 14 land neighbours and 4 sea neighbours.[citation needed] Geographically, the Arab world countries are further subdivided into four regions:[citation needed]
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The Arab world has a high population density, with an estimated 350 million inhabitants.[citation needed] Culturally, the Arab states can be divided into 3 regions:[citation needed]
- The Greater Maghreb, which includes Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya.
- The Fertile Crescent, which includes Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Iraq and Jordan.
- The Arabian Peninsula, which includes Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait and Yemen.
Landscape
Most of the Arab world falls in the driest region of the world. Almost 80% of it is covered in desert (10,666,637 of 13,333,296 km2), stretching from Mauritania and Morocco to Oman and the UAE.[citation needed] The second most common terrain is the semi-arid terrain, which found in all Arab countries except Lebanon and Comoros.[citation needed]
Several deserts span the Arab world:
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The highest point in the Arab world is in
The lowest point in the Arab world is the
Climate
The hottest temperature recorded in the Arab world took place in Kuwait from Mid-July to Mid-August 2022, reaching 54.6 °C (130.3 °F) in Kuwait City, breaking a record set in 1987.[6][7]
See also
References
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