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fiogf49gjkf0d SYRIA IS LOCATED ON THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN COAST AND ON
THE ASIAN CONTINENT BORDERED TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST BY
JORDAN, TO THE EAST BY IRAQ, TO THE NORTH BY TURKEY, BY
LEBANON AND ISRAEL TO SOUTHWEST AND FINALLY BY THE
MEDITERRANEAN TO THE WEST. SYRIA COMPRISES OF THREE MAIN
GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS: THE COAST, THE MOUNTAINS AND THE
DESERT.
THE COAST LIES FOR APPROXIMATELY 183 KM BETWEEN LEBANON AND
TURKEY, RANGING IN BREADTH FROM 3.3 KM NORTH TO 20 KM IN
THE SOUTH. SPRINGS AND UNDERGROUND WATER SOURCES ARE A MAIN
FEATURE ALONG THE COASTLINE.
THE MOUNTAIN REGION CONSISTS OF TWO CHAINS, WHICH LIE
PARALLEL TO THE SEASHORE: THE JABAL ALAWITE AND THE ANTI-
LEBANON OR OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AL-JABAL ASH-SHARQI. THE
JABAL ALAWITE IN THE WEST AVERAGES A HEIGHT OF 600 - 900M,
THE ANTI- LEBANON IN THE EAST RISE BETWEEN 1828 - 2743M.
SYRIA'S HIGHEST PEAK IS MT. HERMON IN THE SOUTHWESTERN
REGION AT 2814M. THE PRINCIPAL RIVER OF THIS REGION IS
ORONTES AND FLOWS THROUGH THE GHAB DEPRESSION.
THE SYRIAN DESERT COVERS THE REMAINING AREA OF THE COUNTRY.
IT CONSISTS OF GRAVEL STEPPE AND ROCK. HEIGHTS HERE AVERAGE
BETWEEN 298M AND 499M, IN THE EASTERN AREA.
THE EUPHRATES RIVER IS THE MOST IMPORTANT WATER SOURCE AND
FLOWS THROUGH EASTERN SYRIA FROM THE NORTHWEST AND
SOUTHEAST.
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