The climate varies from the Mediterranean type in the west to extremely arid desert conditions in the east. The Orontes (Asi) River irrigates areas on the eastern side of the Ansariyah Mountains. To the north of this range, the Ansariyah Mountains, which reach heights of over 1,500 m (5,000 ft), slope westward to the Mediterranean. The Anti-Lebanon Mountains, extending southward along the Lebanese border, serve as a catchment for the rainfall of central Syria.
There are five main geographic zones: (1) the narrow coastal plain along the Mediterranean shore (2) the hill and mountain regions, including the Ansariyah ('Alawite) Mountains in the north-west paralleling the coast, the eastern slopes of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains, and the Jabal Ad-Duruz in the southeast (3) the cultivated area east of the Ansariyah and Anti-Lebanon ranges, which is widest in the north, discontinuous between Him ş and Damascus (4) the steppe and desert region, traversed by the Euphrates (Al-Furat) River and (5) the Jazirah in the northeast, steppe country with low rolling hills. It is bounded on the n by Turkey, on the e and se by Iraq, on the s by Jordan, on the sw by Israel, and on the w by Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea, with a land boundary length of 2,253 km (1,400 mi) and a coastline of 193 km (120 mi). Syria extends 793 km (493 mi) ene –wsw and 431 km (268 mi) sse –nnw. Included in this total is the Golan Heights region (1,176 sq km/454 sq mi), which Israel captured in 1967 and annexed on 14 December 1981 the annexation was denounced by Syria and unanimously condemned by the United Nations Security Council. Comparatively, the area occupied by Syria is slightly larger than the state of North Dakota. Situated in southwest Asia at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea, Syria has an area of 185,180 sq km (71,498 sq mi). Christian religious holidays include Easter (Catholic) Easter (Orthodox) and Christmas, 25 December. Muslim religious holidays include 'Id al-Fitr, 'Id al-'Adha', Milad an-Nabi, and Laylat al-Miraj. HOLIDAYS: New Year's Day, 1 January Revolution Day, 8 March Egypt's Revolution Day, 23 July Union of Arab Republics Day, 1 September National Day, 16 November. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES: The metric system is the legal standard, but local units are widely used. There are coins of 25 and 50 piasters and 1 Syrian pound and notes of 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, and 500 Syrian pounds.
MONETARY UNIT: The Syrian pound (s £) is a paper currency of 100 piasters. FLAG: The national flag is a horizontal tricolor of red, white, and black stripes in the white center stripe are two green five-pointed stars.ĪNTHEM: An-Nashid as-Suri (The Syrian National Anthem) begins "Protectors of the nation, peace be upon you."
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