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Towards the southwestern edge of the Ogaden is the source of the Ganale Doria River, which joins Dawa River to become the major Jubba River on the Somali border. The Ogaden is known for its oil and gas reserves, [5] although development efforts have been hindered by instability prevailing in the area. [6]
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Other islands, located in Southern Lebanon Zireh [ 9 ] [ 10 ] (Located in Sidon) 33°34′21″N 35°22′03″E / 33.57250°N 35.36750°E / 33.57250; 35 The southern city of Tyre used to be an island up until the Siege of Tyre in 332 BC when the island was connected to mainland modern day Lebanon by Alexander the Great's forces in ...
The Ogaden Basin is an area of Huwan that may hold significant reserves of crude oil and natural gas. [1] The basin covers an area of some 350,000 square kilometres (135,000 square miles) and is formed from sedimentary rocks up to 10,000 meters (6 miles) thick. [2] It has geological similarities to other hydrocarbon-rich basins in the Middle ...
The Southern Levant refers to the lower half of the Levant but there is some variance of geographical definition, with the widest definition including Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, southern Syria, and the Sinai Desert. [7] In the field of archaeology, the southern Levant is "the region formerly identified as Syria-Palestine and including ...
A Köppen climate classification map of Lebanon. Lebanon has a Mediterranean climate characterized by a long, hot, and dry summer, and a cool, rainy winter. [1] Fall is a transitional season with a lowering of temperature and little rain; spring occurs when the winter rains cause the vegetation to revive. [1]
Nicolas Sanson, Map of Eastern Mediterranean, 1651. The eastern Mediterranean region is commonly interpreted in two ways: The Levant, including its historically tied neighboring countries, Balkans and islands of Greece. The region of Syria with the island of Cyprus (also known as the Levant), Egypt, Greek Dodecanese and Anatolian Turkey. [11]