Syrian Desert
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Area
520K km²
Coordinates
33.0000, 38.0000
Category
deserts
Overview
Stretches across Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
About
The Syrian desert, also known as the North Arabian desert, the Jordanian steppe, the Syrian steppe, or the Badiya, or Badiyat al-Sham, is a region of desert, semi-desert, and steppe, covering about 500,000 square kilometers of West Asia, including parts of northern Saudi Arabia, eastern Jordan, southern Syria, and western Iraq. It accounts for about 85% of the land area of Jordan and 55% of Syria. To the south, it borders and merges into the Arabian Desert.
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