United Arab Emirates
Average temperature, rainfall and snowfall information is available for the following climate stations in United Arab Emirates
Official name: | United Arab Emirates |
Capital: | Abu Dhabi |
Area: | total: 82,880 sq km land: 82,880 sq km water: 0 sq km |
Climate: | desert; cooler in eastern mountains |
Location: | Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia |
Geographic coordinates: | 24 00 N, 54 00 E |
Comparative Area: | slightly smaller than Maine |
Land boundaries: | total: 867 km border countries: Oman 410 km, Saudi Arabia 457 km |
Coastline: | 1,318 km |
Terrain: | flat, barren coastal plain merging into rolling sand dunes of vast desert wasteland; mountains in east |
Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m highest point: Jabal Yibir 1,527 m |
Map of United Arab Emirates