Geography of Qatar

Geography of Qatar
Continent	Asia
Region	Middle East
Coordinates	25°18′N 51°09′E / 25.30°N 51.15°E
Area	Ranked 164th
• Total	11,571 km2 (4,468 sq mi)
• Land	100%
• Water	0%
Coastline	563 km (350 mi)
Borders	Saudi Arabia: 60 km (37 mi)
Highest point	Qurayn Abu al Bawl,; 103 m (338 ft)
Lowest point	Persian Gulf,; 0 m (0 ft)
Climate	arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers
Terrain	mostly flat and barren desert covered with loose sand and gravel
Natural resources	petroleum, natural gas, fish
Natural hazards	haze, dust storms, sandstorms common
Environmental issues	limited natural freshwater resources are increasing dependence on large-scale desalination facilities
Exclusive economic zone	31,590 km2 (12,197 sq mi)

Qatar is a peninsula in the east of Arabia, bordering the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia, in a strategic location near major petroleum and natural gas deposits. The State of Qatar occupies 11,571 km² (4,468 sq mi) on a peninsula that extends approximately to 160 km (99 mi) north into the Persian Gulf from the Arabian Peninsula.^[1]

Varying in width between 55 and 90 km (34 and 56 mi), the land is mainly flat (the highest point is 103 m (338 ft)) and rocky.^[1] Notable features include coastal salt pans, elevated limestone formations (the Dukhan anticline) along the west coast under which lies the Dukhan oil field, and massive sand dunes surrounding Khawr al Udayd, an inlet of the Persian Gulf in the southeast known to local English speakers as the Inland Sea.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Toth, Anthony (1994). "Qatar: Geography". In Metz, Helen Chapin (ed.). Persian Gulf states: country studies (3rd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. pp. 162–163. ISBN 0-8444-0793-3. OCLC 29548413. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[countrystudies-1] Toth, Anthony (1994). "Qatar: Geography". In Metz, Helen Chapin (ed.). Persian Gulf states: country studies (3rd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. pp. 162–163. ISBN 0-8444-0793-3. OCLC 29548413. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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