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The Lebanon Mountains are the highest, most rugged, and most imposing of the whole maritime range of mountains and plateaus that start with the Nur Mountains in northern Syria and end with the towering massif of Sinai. [1] The mountain structure forms the first barrier to communication between the Mediterranean and Lebanon's eastern hinterland. [1]
Near East and Middle East are both Eurocentric terms. [4] According to National Geographic, the terms Near East and Middle East denote the same territories and are "generally accepted as comprising the countries of the Arabian Peninsula, Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian territories, Syria, and Turkey". [5]
English: Map of the Middle East showing Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon including Gaza, Golan Heights and West Bank. العربية: خريطة دولة إسرائيل والأراضي الفلسطينية التي تشمل الضفة الغربية وقطاع غزة والجولان السوري المحتل.
Map of the Middle East between North Africa, Southern Europe, Central Asia, and Southern Asia Middle East map of Köppen climate classification. The Middle East (term originally coined in English language) [note 1] is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.
EMME refers to a grouping of 18 nations situated in and around the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. The 18 nations in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East are: Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, UAE, and Yemen. [30]
To the east: the eastern deserts, i.e. (from north to south) the Euphrates and the Jebel el-Bishrī area for the northern Levant, followed by the Syrian Desert east of the eastern hinterland of the Anti-Lebanon range (whose southernmost part is Mount Hermon), and Transjordan's highlands and eastern desert (also discussed at Syrian Desert, also ...
Rank Country (or dependent territory) 2020 projection [1] % of pop. Average relative annual growth (%) [2] Average absolute annual growth [3]Estimated doubling time (years) [4] Official
Below is the list of the countries and territories bordering the Mediterranean, listed clockwise from Gibraltar on the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula: Southern European coast, from west to east Spain [4] Gibraltar [4] (British Overseas Territory) France [4] Monaco [4] Italy [4] Malta [4] Slovenia [4] Croatia [4] Bosnia and Herzegovina [4]