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A satellite map of the Middle East with Jordan in the center. A village near Al-Salt in the Balqa Governorate. Wadi Rum in Southern Jordan.. The country consists mainly of a plateau between 700 metres (2,300 ft) and 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) meters high, divided into ridges by valleys and gorges, and a few mountainous areas.
A topographic map of Jordan. Geography of Jordan. Jordan is: an Arab country; Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Eurasia. Asia. Southwest Asia; Middle East. The Levant; Time zone: UTC+02, summer UTC+03; Extreme points of Jordan. High: Jabal Umm ad Dami 1,854 m (6,083 ft)
Jordan sits strategically at the crossroads of the continents of Asia, Africa and Europe, [116] in the Levant area of the Fertile Crescent, a cradle of civilisation. [117] Its area is 89,341 square kilometres (34,495 sq mi), and it is 400 kilometres (250 mi) long between its northernmost and southernmost points; Umm Qais and Aqaba respectively ...
Jordan and Israel Topographic map. The Jordanian Highlands is a mountain range in Jordan. It extends north and south through the western portion of the country, between the Red Sea-Dead Sea depression to the west and a plateau to the east. The highlands are home to most of Jordan's population and large cities.
Satellite imagery of the Southern Levant. The Southern Levant is a geographical region that corresponds approximately to modern-day Palestine, Israel, and Jordan; some definitions also include southern Lebanon, southern Syria and/or the Sinai Peninsula.
Jordan geography-related lists (1 C, 7 P) A. Geography of Amman (2 C, 2 P) B. Borders of Jordan (6 C, 1 P) D. Deserts of Jordan (3 P) E. Ecoregions of Jordan (1 C, 6 ...
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Nowadays the Jordan Valley still is an essential part of one of the main migration routes for birds in the world; within the region, it constitutes the Eastern Route which, together with the parallel Western Route and the Southern-Eilat Mountains Route, allow an estimated 500 million birds belonging 200 species to fly across Israel twice a year ...