Geography and climate of the Arab world
Prof. Dr. Moustafa El-Abdallah Al Kafry
Geography and climate of the Arab world
Prof. Dr. Moustafa El-Abdallah Al Kafry
The Arab world consists of twenty independent states (in addition to the State of Palestine) divided into four sub-regional groups:
– The States of the Near East: The Syrian Arab Republic, the Hashemite Republic of Jordan, the Hashemite Republic of Jordan and the Republic of Iraq.
– The countries of the Nile Valley and East Africa: the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Republic of Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Somalia, and the Republic of Djibouti.
– North African States: The Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, the Republic of Tunisia, the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, the Kingdom of Morocco and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
– The countries of the Arabian Peninsula: the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Yemen, the State of Kuwait, the State of Bahrain, the State of Qatar, the Sultanate of Oman and the United Arab Emirates (comprising seven emirates: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, um Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah).
I – Geography of the Arab World:
The Arab world has an important strategic geographical location, and its extension from west to east is about 6000 km and from the far south to the far north 5000 km.
The Arab world overlooks the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf, and controls the three most important waterways from the point of view of navigation and international trade, namely the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf, and controls four critical maritime sites: the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal, the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Strait of Hormuz.
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Geography and climate of the Arab world
Geography and climate of the Arab world
Prof. Dr. Moustafa El-Abdallah Al Kafry
Contents
I – Geography of the Arab World: 2
– Topography of the Arab world: 3
– The coasts of the Arab countries: 5
II – Climate of the Arab world. 5
– Mediterranean Region (Winter Rain Range): 6