• Location: Middle East, northwest of Saudi Arabia
• Geographic coordinates: 31 00 N, 36 00 E
• Map references: Middle East
• Area:
  
  Total: 89,213 sq km
  
  Land: 88,884 sq km
  
  Water: 329 sq km
• Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Indiana
• Land boundaries:
  
  Total: 1,619 km
  
  Border countries: Iraq 181 km, Israel 238 km, Saudi Arabia 728 km,
  
  Syria 375 km, West Bank 97 km
• Coastline: 26 km
• Maritime claims: Territorial sea: 3 nm
• Climate: mostly arid desert; rainy season in west (November to April)
• Terrain: mostly desert plateau in east, highland area in west; Great Rift Valley separates East and West Banks of the Jordan River
• Elevation extremes:
  
  Lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
  
  Highest point: Jabal Ram 1,734 m
• Natural resources: phosphates, potash, shale oil