Oman: Geography#
| Location | Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, and Persian Gulf, between Yemen and UAE |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 21 00 N, 57 00 E 21.0,57.0 |
| Area | total: 309,500 sq km land: 309,500 sq km water: 0 sq km We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows: Factbook: 309500 DBpedia: 309498 Geoname: 212460 Infoplease: 212460 Britannica: 309500 Wolfram: 309500 Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Land boundaries | total: 1,573 km border countries: Saudi Arabia 676 km, UAE 609 km, Yemen 288 km |
| Coastline | 2,092 km |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Arabian Sea 0 m highest point: Jabal Shams 2,980 m |
| Highest Mountains | Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: Jebel Shams 3009 m; Jebel Misht 2090 m According to Geonames: Jabal Shams 3005 m; Ra’s al Haraq 2416 m; Qarn al Hammam 2356 m Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Terrain | central desert plain, rugged mountains in north and south |
| Natural Hazards | summer winds often raise large sandstorms and dust storms in interior; periodic droughts |
| Natural Resource | petroleum, copper, asbestos, some marble, limestone, chromium, gypsum, natural gas |
| Land Use | arable land: 0.1% permanent crops: 0.12% other: 99.77% (2011) |
| Climate | dry desert; hot, humid along coast; hot, dry interior; strong southwest summer monsoon (May to September) in far south |
| Irrigated Land | 588.5 sq km (2004) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 1.4 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | rising soil salinity; beach pollution from oil spills; limited natural freshwater resources |
| Environment - international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Large Cities | Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: as-Sib; Bawsar; Salalah; Matruh; Suhar According to Geonames: Muscat; Seeb; Salalah; Bawshar; Al Sohar Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org Important Cities |
| Geography-note | strategic location on Musandam Peninsula adjacent to Strait of Hormuz, a vital transit point for world crude oil |