| Location | Middle East, northwest of Saudi Arabia |
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| Geographic coordinates | 31 00 N, 36 00 E |
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| Zone | Middle East |
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| Area | total: 92,300 sq km
land: 91,971 sq km
water: 329 sq km |
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| Land boundaries | total: 1,635 km
border countries: Iraq 181 km, Israel 238 km, Saudi Arabia 744 km, Syria 375 km, West Bank 97 km |
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| Coastline | 26 km |
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| Maritime claims | territorial sea: 3 nm |
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| Climate | mostly arid desert; rainy season in west (November to April) |
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| Terrain | mostly desert plateau in east, highland area in west; Great Rift Valley separates East and West Banks of the Jordan River |
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| Elevation extremes | lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Jabal Ram 1,734 m |
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| Natural resources | phosphates, potash, shale oil |
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| Irrigated land | 26 km |
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| Natural hazards | droughts; periodic earthquakes |
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Environment -
current issues | limited natural fresh water resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification |
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Environment -
international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
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| Geography - note | strategic location at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba and as the Arab country that shares the longest border with Israel and the occupied West Bank |
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