| Climate Yemen :
| mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east
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| Terrain Yemen :
| narrow coastal plain backed by flat-topped hills and rugged mountains; dissected upland desert plains in center slope into the desert interior of the Arabian Peninsula
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| Elevation extremes lowest Yemen :
| Arabian Sea 0 m
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| Elevation extremes highest Yemen :
| Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,760 m
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| Natural resources Yemen :
| petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble, small deposits of coal, gold, lead, nickel, and copper, fertile soil in west
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| Land use arableland Yemen :
| 2,78%
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| Irrigated land Yemen :
| 4,900 sq km (1998 est.)
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| Natural hazards Yemen :
| sandstorms and dust storms in summer
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| Environment current issues Yemen :
| very limited natural fresh water resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification
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| Geography note Yemen :
| strategic location on Bab el Mandeb, the strait linking the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, one of world's most active shipping lanes
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