!!!Syria: Geography ||Location|Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Lebanon and Turkey ||Geographic Coordinates|35 00 N, 38 00 E[{GoogleMap location='35.0,38.0' zoom='4'}] ||Area |''total: ''185,180 sq km\\''land: ''183,630 sq km\\''water: ''1,550 sq km\\''__note:__ ''includes 1,295 sq km of Israeli-occupied territory\\[[__''Verified in 8 databases''__] ||Land boundaries|''total: ''2,253 km\\''border countries: ''Iraq 605 km, Israel 76 km, Jordan 375 km, Lebanon 375 km, Turkey 822 km ||Coastline|193 km ||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''unnamed location near Lake Tiberias -200 m\\''highest point: ''Mount Hermon 2,814 m ||Highest Mountains|__As there is no entry in [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com] we are listing mountain list of [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org] only:__\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Jabal ad Duruz 1800 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] ||Terrain|primarily semiarid and desert plateau; narrow coastal plain; mountains in west ||Natural Hazards|dust storms, sandstorms volcanism: Syria's two historically active volcanoes, Es Safa and an unnamed volcano near the Turkish border have not erupted in centuries ||Natural Resource|petroleum, phosphates, chrome and manganese ores, asphalt, iron ore, rock salt, marble, gypsum, hydropower ||Land Use|''arable land: ''24.9%\\''permanent crops: ''5.69%\\''other: ''69.41% (2011) ||Climate|mostly desert; hot, dry, sunny summers (June to August) and mild, rainy winters (December to February) along coast; cold weather with snow or sleet periodically in Damascus ||Irrigated Land|13,410 sq km (2010) ||Renewable Water Resources|16.8 cu km (2011) ||Environment_CurrentIssues|deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; water pollution from raw sewage and petroleum refining wastes; inadequate potable water ||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands\\''signed, but not ratified: ''Environmental Modification ||Large Cities|Aleppo; Damascus; Hims; Hamah; al-Ladhiqiyah\\Aleppo; Damascus; Homs; Hamah; Latakia\\ __[[List Verified]__\\__Explanation:__ "The arabic version of Latakia is al-Ladhiqiyah"\\[Important Cities|Geography/Asia/Syria/Geography/Important_Cities] ||Geography-note|the capital of Damascus - located at an oasis fed by the Barada River - is thought to be one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities; there are 41 Israeli settlements and civilian land use sites in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights (2010 est.)