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fiogf49gjkf0d SAUDI ARABIA IS SITUATED ON THE ARABIAN PENINSULA AND
COVERS AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 864,866 SQ.KM. IT IS
BORDERED BY THE RED SEA ON THE WEST, YEMEN AND OMAN IN THE
SOUTH, BY THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, QATAR AND THE PERSIAN
GULF ON THE EAST AND FINALLY BY JORDAN AND IRAQ TO THE
NORTH.
ALONG THE COASTAL PLAINS OF THE RED SEA, LIES THE CENTRAL
PLATEAU RISING TO AN IMPRESSIVE CLIFF. THE COASTAL
HIGHLANDS RISE TO ABOUT 1500M IN ALHYAZ IN THE NORTH AND
MORE THAN 3048M IN ASIR TO THE SOUTH.
THESE HIGHLANDS SLOPE EASTWARDS, WITH IT'S LAVA AND GRAVEL
WASTELANDS JOINING THE DESERTS OF AN-NAFUD AND RUB AL
KHALI. JABAL TAWAYG IS A RIDGELAND ARC LYING BETWEEN THE
CENTRAL PLATEAU AND AL PAHNA AT 1440KM IN LENGTH. THIS ARC
CONNECTS THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN DESERTS.
THE LANDSCAPE SLOPES EASTWARDS AGAIN, FROM THE DESERTS
FORMING LOWLANDS ALONG THE PERSIAN GULF. THESE LOWLANDS ARE
MADE UP OF SWAMPS AND SALT FLATS. THE FRESHWATER SUPPLY IS
PROVIDED BY SURFACING OASES, WELLS AND WADIS.
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