SAUDI ARABIA Physiography · IRAQ OMAN West Bank AFG. YEMEN IRAN Red K ā r u n W ā d ī Gulf Dar...

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Aden Taizz Dubai Homs Tel Aviv- Yafo Jerusalem Al Başrah Eşfahān Shīrāz Ahvāz Ahvāz Ad Dammām Ad Dammām JAZĀIR FARASĀN Medina Mecca Mecca Jeddah D a n a k il Ti h a m at a s h S h a m H E J A Z Z A G R O S M O U N T A I N S A N N A F U D R U B A L K H A L I ( E mp t y Qu a r te r ) A S I R N A J D D e p re ssio n G r e a t R i f t V a l l e y A d D a h n a K a v i r - e L u t L i wa A d D a h n a H a d h r a m a u t D h o f a r SYRIAN DESERT SYRIAN DESERT Nubian Desert 'Uruq Bani Ma'arid Majami'al Hadb Ibex Reserve (Hawtat Bani Tamin) Saja/Umm ar Rimth Mahazat as Sayd Harrat al Harrah At Tubayq Al Khunfah At Taysiyah Al Jandaliyah Nafud al 'Urayq Jabal Sawda’ 3,133 m (10,279 ft) Jabal Dukhaym 2,630 m (8,629 ft) Jabal Zalma 1,258 m (4,127 ft) Jabal al Lawz 2,580 m (8,465 ft) Jabal Idqis 2,160 m (7,087 ft) Jabal Jar 2,291 m (7,516 ft) Jaw’an 3,091 m (10,141 ft) 12 12 18 18 24 24 30 30 36 36 42 42 42 42 48 48 48 48 12 12 18 18 54 54 24 24 30 30 60 60 KUWAIT CITY DAMASCUS ABU DHABI AMMAN MUSCAT BAGHDAD TEHRAN SANAA SANAA DJIBOUTI RIYADH RIYADH ASMARA MANAMA NICOSIA DOHA BEIRUT DJIBOUTI ETHIOPIA ERITREA ISRAEL SUDAN LEBANON EGYPT KUWAIT Administrative boundary CYPRUS BAHRAIN EGYPT QATAR JORDAN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Sinai Peninsula SYRIA OMAN Gaza Strip IRAQ OMAN West Bank West Bank AFG. YEMEN IRAN SOMALIA Red K ā r u n K ā r u n Wādī Wādī Gulf Daryā-ye E u phrates T e k e zē Diyālá Tharthār Buhayrat ath Buhayrat ath Razāzah a l A b y a d D a w ā s i r Buhayrat ar Gulf of Aden Q a r e h Makhyah H a līl Sabkhat Mattī Sabkhat Mattī S ilil N a h r A tb a ra Ā w a sh Wādī Wādī Jaceyl Bid R ū d-e E u p hrates N ile Wādī Shihan Q a bri Q a bri M a n d Gulf of Oman Namak W ā dī W ā dī W e n z B a b e l M a n d e b C hāy Lake Tana Wādī Wādī Wādī Wādī Wādī Wādī Wādī Wādī Wādī Wādī Wādī Wādī Wādī Wādī Wādī Wādī Wādī Wādī Hanīfah Hanīfah Wādī Wādī Wādī Wādī Wādī Wādī Ranyah Ranyah Wādī Wādī Wādī Wādī ad ad Tathlīth Tathlīth Bīshah Bīshah Jarīr Jarīr Jizl Jizl ar Rimah ar Rimah Hamd Hamd Fajr Fajr Hawrān Hawrān Sāhūq Sāhūq Dasht-e Kavīr (salt desert) T ig ris N a hr Persian R ū d-e R ū d-e Med. Sea H a d r a m a w t A tb ara S tr a it o f H o r m u z Jaceel R ū d H a r e w a W e n z Sea B a h ar A m ūr A m ūr al Bātin al Bātin B l u e Dead Sea Arabian Sea Scale 1:16,250,000 International boundary National capital Elevation point Archaeological site Historic/cultural site Mine National park/protected area 0 100 200 300 Kilometers 0 100 200 300 Miles LAMBERT CONFORMAL CONIC PROJECTION; STANDARD PARALLELS 14° N 32° N SAUDI ARABIA Physiography Tayma Tarut Fort Al Uqayr Mada’in Salih Ukhdud Sudd al Qusaybah Qasr Ma’arid Rajalil Boundary representation is not necessarily authoritative.

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Aden

Ta‘izz

Dubai

Homs

TelAviv-Yafo

Jerusalem

Al Başrah

Eşfahān

Shīrāz

AhvāzAhvāz

Ad DammāmAd Dammām

JAZĀ’IRFARASĀN

Medina

MeccaMecca

Jeddah

Danakil

Tihamat ash Sham

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H ad h ra m a u t

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S Y R I A N

D E S E R T

S Y R I A N

D E S E R T

NubianDesert

'UruqBani

Ma'arid

Majami'al Hadb

Ibex Reserve(Hawtat Bani Tamin)

Saja/Umm ar Rimth

Mahazat as Sayd

Harrat al Harrah

At Tubayq

Al Khunfah At Taysiyah

Al Jandaliyah

Nafudal 'Urayq

Jabal Sawda’3,133 m

(10,279 ft)

Jabal Dukhaym2,630 m

(8,629 ft)

Jabal Zalma1,258 m

(4,127 ft)

Jabal al Lawz2,580 m

(8,465 ft)

Jabal Idqis2,160 m

(7,087 ft)

Jabal Jar2,291 m

(7,516 ft)

Jaw’an 3,091 m (10,141 ft)

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KUWAITCITY

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RIYADHRIYADH

ASMARA

MANAMA

NICOSIA

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ISRAEL

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LEBANON

EGYPT

KUWAIT

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BAHRAIN

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QATAR

JORDAN

UNITED ARABEMIRATES

SinaiPeninsula

SYRIA

OMAN

Gaza Strip

IRAQ

OMAN

WestBankWestBank

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YEMEN

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SOMALIA

Red

Kārun

Kārun

Wādī Wādī

Gulf

Daryā-ye

Euphrates

Tekezē

Diyālá

Tharthār Buhayrat ath Buhayrat ath

Razāzah al Abyad

Dawāsir

Buhayrat ar

Gulf of Aden

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SabkhatMattī

SabkhatMattī

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Nahr Atbara

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h

Wādī

Wādī

Jaceyl Bid

Rūd-e

Euphrates

Nile

Wādī Shihan

Qabri Qabri

Mand

Gulf of Oman

Namak

Wādī Wādī

Wenz

Bab el M

andeb

Chāy

LakeTana

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Wādī

Wādī Wādī

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Tathlīth

Bīshah

Bīshah

Jarīr Jarīr

Jizl Jizl

ar Rimah

ar Rimah Hamd

Hamd

Fajr

Fajr

Hawrān Hawrān

Sāhūq Sāhūq

D a s h t - e K a v ī r(salt desert)

Tigris

Nahr

Persian

Rūd-e Rūd-e

Med. Sea

Hadramawt

Atbara

Strait of Hormuz

Jaceel

Rūd

Hare

wa

Wen

z

Sea

Bahar

‘Amūr‘Amūr

al Bātin

al Bātin

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Arabian Sea

Scale 1:16,250,000

International boundary

National capital

Elevation point

Archaeological site

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Mine

National park/protected area

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0 100 200 300 Miles

LAMBERT CONFORMAL CONIC PROJECTION; STANDARD PARALLELS 14° N 32° N

SAUDI ARABIA Physiography

Tayma

Tarut Fort

Al Uqayr

Mada’inSalih

Ukhdud

Sudd alQusaybah

Qasr Ma’arid Rajalil

Boundary representation isnot necessarily authoritative.