GEOGRAPHY OF JORDAN

Jordan is located in south-western Asia and is bounded on the north by Syria, on the south by Saudi Arabia and the Gulf of Aqaba, on the east by Iraq and on the west by the occupied West Bank.

The lands west of the Jordan River were originally united with those on the east of Jordan. The western lands, including the West Bank of the Jordan river, were occupied by Israel in 1967.

Al-Aqabah is Jordan’s only port. Amman is the capital and largest city.

Jordan is part of the eastern Mediterranean weather system and boasts one of the world's most pleasant climates.

Jordan is a small Arab country with inadequate supplies of water and few mineral and other natural resources significant for commercial use.

75 per cent of the country is a desert plateau.

Plant life is not abundant in Jordan, as much of the region consists of steppe or desert.

Animal life includes the badger, boar, fox, ibex, hyena, hyrax, mongoose, partridge, mole rat, oryx and gazelle.

The desert regions are home to the camel, sand rat, desert fox, hare and jerboa (a small rodent).

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