Geography of the Arab world

The geography of each country:{{cn|date=August 2023}}

Terrains in the area can be divided into three main types: the large arid desert covering most of it, the fertile south and north, and finally the high mountains of the Atlas, Ahaggar, Zagros and the Anti-Lebanon Mountains, along with the Hijaz Mountain range.

The Arab world can also be divided into two continental parts: Asian, which has 12 states, and African, which is larger and has 10 states.{{cn|date=August 2023}} Adjacent to the Arab world are 14 land neighbours and 4 sea neighbours.{{cn|date=August 2023}} Geographically, the Arab world countries are further subdivided into four regions:{{cn|date=August 2023}}

The Arab world has a high population density, with an estimated 350 million inhabitants.{{cn|date=August 2023}} Culturally, the Arab states can be divided into 3 regions:{{cn|date=August 2023}}

• The Greater Maghreb, which includes Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya.
• The Fertile Crescent, which includes Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Iraq and Jordan.
• The Arabian Peninsula, which includes Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait and Yemen.

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Most of the Arab world falls in the driest region of the world. Almost 80% of it is covered in desert (10,666,637 of 13,333,296 km2), stretching from Mauritania and Morocco to Oman and the UAE.{{cn|date=August 2023}} The second most common terrain is the semi-arid terrain, which found in all Arab countries except Lebanon and Comoros.{{cn|date=August 2023}}

Several deserts span the Arab world:

The highest point in the Arab world is in Morocco called Jbel Toubkal, standing 4,165m tall, making it the 40th highest place on earth, and 6th in Africa, next comes Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb (at {{cvt|3,666|m}})[http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/mideast.html "Arabian peninsula and Middle East"] Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2011-11-20. in Yemen and Cheekha Dar (at {{cvt|3,611|m}})[http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=13186 "Cheekha Dar, Iraq/Iran"] Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2012-09-06. in Iraq.

The lowest point in the Arab world is the Dead sea between Jordan and Palestine. At {{convert|1,312|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} below sea level it is also the lowest point on Earth.{{Cite web |url=http://geography.about.com/library/faq/blqzlowestpoint.htm |title=About: What is the lowest point in the world? |access-date=2014-01-21 |archive-date=2015-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224105634/http://geography.about.com/library/faq/blqzlowestpoint.htm |url-status=dead }}

The hottest temperature recorded in the Arab world took place in Kuwait from Mid-July to Mid-August 2022, reaching {{convert|54.6|°C|°F|abbr=on}} in Kuwait City, breaking a record set in 1987.{{cite web|url=http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1544 |title=NOAA: June 2010 the globe's 4th consecutive warmest month on record |first=Jeff |last=Masters |work=Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog |publisher=Weather Underground |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100719104107/http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1544 |archive-date=2010-07-19}}{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/kuwait-swelters-recordbreaking-54c-heatwave-weather-7152911.html | title=Kuwait swelters under what some say highest temperature ever recorded on earth | website=Independent.co.uk | date=22 June 2017 }}

• Geography of the Horn of Africa
• Geography of North Africa
• Geography of West Asia

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