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Kuwait's marine and littoral ecosystems contain the bulk of the country's biodiversity heritage. [12] The marshes in northern Kuwait and Jahra have become increasingly important as a refuge for passage migrants. [12] Twenty eight species of mammal are found in Kuwait; animals such as gerboa, desert rabbits and hedgehogs are common in the desert ...
Kuwait, [a] officially the State of Kuwait, [b] is a country in West Asia and the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.It is situated in the northern edge of the Arabian Peninsula at the head of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the north and Saudi Arabia to the south. [15]
Rhanterium epapposum. Over 400 species of wild plant have been recorded in Kuwait. The arfaj is the national flower of Kuwait. [3] Desert plants are typically coarse grasses and salt-tolerant shrubs which tend to be low growing and often spiny; one of the most common plants is Rhanterium epapposum, known locally as arfaj, which is used for forage by camels and sheep.
Pipelines in the Burgan oilfield. The Burgan field is an oil field situated in the desert of southeastern Kuwait.Burgan field can also refer to the Greater Burgan—a group of three closely spaced fields, which includes, in addition to Burgan field, the much smaller Magwa and Ahmadi fields.
The climate of the ecoregion is Hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification). This climate features stable air and high pressure aloft, producing a hot, arid desert. Hot-month temperatures typically average 29–35 °C (84–95 °F). [6] [7] Peak temperatures of 50 50 °C (122 °F) have been recorded. Northerly winds often bring sandstorms.
The Saudi Arabian–Kuwaiti neutral zone, also known as the Divided Zone, was an area of 5,770 km 2 (2,230 sq mi) between the borders of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait that was left undefined when the border was established by the Uqair Convention of 2 December 1922.
Kuwait is a desert, water-scarce country with limited agricultural productivity to begin with. The main crops Kuwaiti farmers grow are fodder crops and some vegetables. [ 13 ] The already limited bandwidth that Kuwait has in terms of farming and crop outputs is being further reduced due to climate change, pollution, and oil production.
Kuwait had been a part of the Ottoman Empire's province of Basra, something that Iraq said made Kuwait rightful Iraqi territory. [176] Kuwait's ruling dynasty, the Al Sabah family, had concluded a protectorate agreement in 1899 that assigned responsibility for Kuwait's foreign affairs to the United Kingdom. The UK drew the border between Kuwait ...