| Climate Bahrain :
| arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers
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| Terrain Bahrain :
| mostly low desert plain rising gently to low central escarpment
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| Elevation extremes lowest Bahrain :
| Persian Gulf 0 m
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| Elevation extremes highest Bahrain :
| Jabal ad Dukhan 122 m
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| Natural resources Bahrain :
| oil, associated and nonassociated natural gas, fish, pearls
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| Land use arableland Bahrain :
| 2,82%
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| Irrigated land Bahrain :
| 50 sq km (1998 est.)
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| Natural hazards Bahrain :
| periodic droughts; dust storms
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| Environment current issues Bahrain :
| desertification resulting from the degradation of limited arable land, periods of drought, and dust storms; coastal degradation (damage to coastlines, coral reefs, and sea vegetation) resulting from oil spills and other discharges from large tankers, oil refineries, and distribution stations; lack of freshwater resources, groundwater and seawater are the only sources for all water needs
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| Geography note Bahrain :
| close to primary Middle Eastern petroleum sources; strategic location in Persian Gulf, through which much of the Western world's petroleum must transit to reach open ocean
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