Jordan's Environment
Jordan has border with Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq, Palestine and Israel. It is almost completely landlocked but has a border with the Red Sea. Jordan is on the Dead Sea which borders Jordan and the West Bank.
Jordan is mainly desert. The temperature varies from the summer highs of 30˚C to winter lows of less than 10˚C. It even varies around the country. |
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The East Bank Uplands and Jordan Valley are part of the Rift Valley. This is the environment around Shobak castle. You can see how the ground moved during an earthquake. You can see how the houses were crushed by the landslip that happened.
The rock formations in Jordan are strange. You can see different types of rocks in the same area. You can see sandstone, granite and slate. Have a look at the pictures of the mountains of Wadi Rum below. The bottom part, the black section, is granite. The top part is sandstone.
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The black line in the mountains is granite. |
This rock is slate. |
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You can see amazing rock formations in Wadi Rum. Over time the wind and rain erodes the sandstone.
Here are some photographs and a video of the Red Sea. You can see lots of coral and some fish:
Here are some photographs of Jordanian farms. Some fruit you are likely to see in Jordan are pomegranates, figs and olives. Pomegranates are eaten or the juice is extracted. Figs are eaten as they are or dried. Olives can be eaten or the oil can be extracted. It is used for cooking.