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fiogf49gjkf0d GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
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THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ARE SITUATED ON THE EASTERN COAST
OF THE ARABIAN PENINSULA, COVERING 77,700SQ KM. IT IS
BORDERED BY OMAN TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST, BY QATAR TO THE
NORTHWEST, SAUDI ARABIA TO THE SOUTH AND THE WEST, THE
PERSIAN GULF TO THE NORTH WITH THE GULF OF OMAN TO THE
EAST.
THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ARE MAINLY LOWLAND DESERT PLAINS,
WHICH ARE BROKEN UP BY THE AL HAJAR MOUNTAINS ALONG THE
MUSANDAM PENINSULA IN THE EAST. THE DESERT PLAINS LIE
NORMALLY 152M ABOVE SEA LEVEL. THEY RISE AT THE MOUNTAINS
TO 305M.
THE PERSIAN GULF IN THE NORTH IS THE HOME OF THE UNIONS
LONGEST SHORELINE. THERE ARE THREE NATURAL DEEP-WATER
HARBOURS, THE KHAWR AL-FAK-KAN, THE KALBA AND THE DIBBAH,
SITUATED ON THE EASTERN COAST OF THE GULF OF OMAN.
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