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fiogf49gjkf0d JORDAN IS SURROUNDED BY SYRIA TO THE NORTH, IRAQ TO THE
NORTHEAST, ISRAEL TO THE WEST AND SAUDI ARABIA TO THE
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST. IT IS POSSIBLE TO DIVIDE THIS COUNTRY
INTO FOUR MAIN GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS: EAST BANK UPLANDS, THE
JORDAN VALLEY, WEST BANK UPLANDS AND THE DESERT.
THE EAST BANK UPLANDS REGION CONSISTS OF A STEEP SLOPE
AREA WHICH WAS ACTUALLY FORMED BY THE RIFT VALLEY. THIS
SLOPE REACHES HEIGHTS BETWEEN 600 AND 900M. IN THE FAR
SOUTH THE JABEL RAMM AT 1726M IS THE COUNTRY'S HIGHEST PEAK.
THE JORDAN VALLEY REGION IS ALSO COMPOSED BY THE RIFT
VALLEY AND CONTAINS THE SALTY DEAD SEA; THE LOWEST AREA ON
THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH AT 401M BELOW SEA LEVEL.
WEST BANK UPLANDS ARE OCCUPIED BY THE ISRAELIS AND
CONTAINS THE JUDEAN AND SAMARIAN MOUNTAINS.
OCCUPYING THE EASTERN AREA OF THE COUNTRY, YOU WILL FIND
THE DESERT. IT CONSISTS OF VOLCANIC LAVA AND BASALT IN THE
NORTHERN REGION AND SANDSTONE OUTCROPPING IN THE SOUTH.
SEPARATING THE EAST BANK AND THE WEST BANK IS THE JORDAN
RIVER. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT RIVERS AND IS MET
BY SEVERAL STREAMS AND SPRINGS FROM THE EASTERN PLATEAU.
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