Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Flood in Northern Syria after collapse of the Zeyzoun Dam, June 2002 Syria is the twelfth most water stressed country in the world. The country's waterways are of vital importance to its agricultural development. The longest and most important river is the Euphrates, which represents more than 80 percent of Syria's water resources.
There are exactly five ocean islands belonging to Syria. They are all close to the Mediterranean Sea coast in the region of Tartus: [1] Jazirat Basirah: about 4,500 m 2, it is located 770 metres from Syria beach. [2; Arwad, largest island of Syria, and only inhabited one.
The coastline paradox states that a coastline does not have a well-defined length. Measurements of the length of a coastline behave like a fractal, being different at different scale intervals (distance between points on the coastline at which measurements are taken). The smaller the scale interval (meaning the more detailed the measurement ...
Syria is the twelfth most water-stressed country in the world. Syria's climate varies from the humid Mediterranean coast, through a semi-arid steppe zone, to arid desert in the east. The country consists mostly of arid plateau, although the northwest part bordering the Mediterranean is fairly green.
Western Asian coast, from north to south Turkey [4] Cyprus [4] Northern Cyprus (recognized only by Turkey, see Cyprus problem) Akrotiri and Dhekelia (British Overseas Territory) Syria Lebanon [4] Israel [4] Palestine [4] Egypt (Sinai Peninsula) [4] Northern African coast, from east to west Egypt [4] Libya [4] Tunisia [4]
Israel plans to double the numbers of settlers in the occupied Golan Heights in Syria despite repeated calls to withdraw its troops from the land it seized after president Bashar al-Assad's ouster ...
The wildlife of Syria is the flora and fauna of Syria, a country at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea.Besides its coastline, the country has a coastal plain, mountain ranges in the west, a semi-arid steppe area in the centre occupying most of the country, and a desert area in the east.
Seaside resorts in Syria (1 P) T. Tartus (2 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Populated coastal places in Syria" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.