Geography of the Arab world

Geography of the Arab world
ContinentAsia and Africa
Area
 • Total13,333,296 km2 (5,148,014 sq mi)
Highest pointJbel Toubkal
4,165 m[1][failed verification]
Lowest pointLac Assal
−155 m[2]
Longest riverNile
6,853 km

The Arab world consists of 22 countries[citation needed] located in Western Asia, Northern Africa, the Maghreb, the Horn of Africa, and the Indian Ocean. It covers a combined area of 13 million km2. It extends from Morocco in the west, southward to the Comoros, eastward to Somalia, and northward to Iraq.

  1. ^ "Africa Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
  2. ^ Warren, John K. (23 February 2006). Evaporites: sediments, resources and hydrocarbons. Birkhäuser. p. 280. ISBN 978-3-540-26011-0. Retrieved 27 May 2011.