Yanayin Siriya

Siriya tana cikin Yammacin Asiya, arewacin Yankin Larabawa, a gabashin ƙarshen Bahar Rum. Yana da iyaka da Turkiyya a arewa, Lebanon da Isra'ila a yamma da kudu maso yamma, Iraki a gabas, da Jordan a kudu. Ya ƙunshi tsaunuka a yamma da kuma wani yanki mai tsawo a cikin ƙasa. A gabas shine hamadar Siriya kuma a kudu shine Jabal al-Druze Range . Tsohon ya rabu da kwarin Yufiretis. Wani madatsar ruwa da aka gina a 1973 a kan Kogin Yufiretis ya haifar da tafkin da ake kira Lake Assad, tafkin da ya fi girma a Siriya. Matsayi mafi girma a Siriya shine Dutsen Hermone (wanda Isra'ila ta mamaye) a kan iyakar Lebanon a mita 2,814 ko ƙafa 9,232. Tsakanin bakin Tekun Bahar Rum mai laushi da yankunan hamada masu bushewa akwai wani yanki mai tsaka-tsaki wanda ya kai kashi uku cikin hudu na ƙasar, wanda ke karɓar iska mai zafi, mai bushewa da ke hurawa a fadin hamada. Siriya ta lalace sosai, [bayyanawa da ake buƙata] tare da kashi 28 cikin 100 na ƙasar noma, kashi 4 cikin 100 da aka keɓe don amfanin gona na dindindin, kashi 46 cikin 100 da ake amfani da su azaman ciyawa da makiyaya, kuma kashi 3 cikin 100 na gandun daji da gandun daji kawai. 

Sham ta kasu kashi goma sha hudu, ko muhafazat (mai kadaici: muhafazah).  Gwamnonin sun kasu kashi sittin, ko kuma manatiq (waka. mintaqah), waɗanda aka ƙara raba su zuwa gundumomi, ko nawahi (waƙar nahiya).  Damascus babban birnin kasar shi ne birni na biyu mafi girma a kasar Siriya, kuma yankin babban birni yanki ne da kansa.  Aleppo (yawan jama'a 2,301,570) a arewacin Siriya shine birni mafi girma.  Latakia tare da Tartus sune manyan tashoshin jiragen ruwa na Siriya a tekun Bahar Rum.

 Yankin da iyakoki 

 jimlar:  kilomita 185,180 (71,498 sq  
 Matsayi na ƙasa a duniya: 87th  
 ƙasa:  kilomita 183,630 (70,900 sq  
 ruwa:  kilomita 1,550 (598 sq  

 Kwatanta Australia: kusan ⁠4/5⁠ girman Victoria 
 Kwatanta Kanada: kusan ⁠4/9⁠ girman Newfoundland da Labrador 
 Kwatanta Amurka: kusan girman Jihar Washington
 Kwatanta United Kingdom: kusan ⁠3/4⁠ girman United Kingdom 
 Kwatanta Tarayyar Turai: kusan sau biyu girman Portugal

Yankunan ƙasa:

 jimlar: kilomita 2,253 (1,400  
 Kasashen kan iyaka: Iraki 605 kilomita (376 mi) Isra'ila 76 kilomita (47 mi) Jordan 362 kilomita (225 mi) Lebanon 394 kilomita (245 mi) Turkiyya 822 kilomita (511 mi) 
 Iraki kilomita 605 (376  
 Isra'ila kilomita 76 (47  
 Jordan kilomita 362 (225  
 Lebanon kilomita 394 (245  
 Turkiyya kilomita 822 (511  



 Yankin da ke kusa:  nautical miles    
 Tekun yanki:    

Tsakanin tsawo:

 mafi ƙasƙanci: wurin da ba a san shi ba kusa da Tafkin Tiberiya (Teku na Galili) -200 mita (-656  
 mafi girman matsayi: Dutsen Hermone mita 2,814 (9,232  

 Albarkatarwa da amfani da ƙasa 
Albarkatun halitta: man fetur, phosphate, chrome da Manganese, asphalt, ƙarfe, gishiri na dutse, marmara, gypsum, wutar lantarki

 ƙasa mai noma: 24.8%
 amfanin gona na dindindin: 4.47%
 wani: 70.73% (2005) 

Yankin da ake ban ruwa:

 13.560  kilomita (5.236 murabba'i  (2003) 

Jimlar albarkatun ruwa masu sabuntawa:

 46.1  kilomita (11.1 cu  (1997) 

 Yankunan ƙasa