Geography of the Arab world

Geography of the Arab world
ContinentAsia and Africa
Area
  Total13,333,296 km2 (5,148,014 sq mi)
Highest pointJbel Toubkal
4,165 m
Lowest pointLac Assal
−155 m
Longest riverNile
6,853 km

The Arab world consists of 22 countries located in Western Asia, Northern Africa, the Maghreb, the Horn of Africa, and the Indian Ocean. It covers a combined area of 13 million km2. It extends from Morocco in the west, southward to the Comoros, eastward to Somalia, and northward to Iraq.