!!!Saudi Arabia: Geography
||Location|Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, north of Yemen
||Geographic Coordinates|25 00 N, 45 00 E[{GoogleMap location='25.0,45.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''2,149,690 sq km\\''land: ''2,149,690 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|https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook]: 2149690\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 2253290\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 1960582\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 2149690\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 2149690\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 1961000''__\\__Attempted Explanation__: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''4,431 km\\''border countries: ''Iraq 814 km, Jordan 744 km, Kuwait 222 km, Oman 676 km, Qatar 60 km, UAE 457 km, Yemen 1,458 km
||Coastline|2,640 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Persian Gulf 0 m\\''highest point: ''Jabal Sawda' 3,133 m
||Highest Mountains|__Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\ According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Jabal Sawda 3133 m; Jabal al-Lawz 2580 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Jabal Sawda’ 2995 m; Jabal Dakah 2585 m; Jabal Qarnayt 2495 m; Qa‘mat Abu ash Shaykh 2328 m; Jabal Radwá 2210 m\\ \\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Mountains|Geography/Asia/Saudi_Arabia/Geography/Important_Mountains]
||Terrain|mostly uninhabited, sandy desert
||Natural Hazards|frequent sand and dust storms volcanism: despite many volcanic formations, there has been little activity in the past few centuries; volcanoes include Harrat Rahat, Harrat Khaybar, Harrat Lunayyir, and Jabal Yar
||Natural Resource|petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, copper
||Land Use|''arable land: ''1.45%\\''permanent crops: ''0.11%\\''other: ''98.44% (2011)
||Climate|harsh, dry desert with great temperature extremes
||Irrigated Land|16,200 sq km (2004)
||Renewable Water Resources|2.4 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|desertification; depletion of underground water resources; the lack of perennial rivers or permanent water bodies has prompted the development of extensive seawater desalination facilities; coastal pollution from oil spills
||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, Ship Pollution\\''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|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Riyadh; Jiddah; Makkah; al-Madinah; ad-Dammam\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Riyadh; Jeddah; Mecca; Medina; Sultanah\\\\\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Cities|Geography/Asia/Saudi_Arabia/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|Saudi Arabia is the largest country in the world without a river; extensive coastlines on the Persian Gulf and Red Sea provide great leverage on shipping (especially crude oil) through the Persian Gulf and Suez Canal