The Qatari peninsula juts 100 miles (161 km) north into the Persian Gulf from Saudi Arabia. It lies between latitudes 24° and 27° N, and longitudes 50° and 52° E.
Much of the country consists of a low, barren plain, covered with sand. To the southeast lies the Khor al Adaid (“Inland Sea”), an area of rolling sand dunes surrounding an inlet of the Persian Gulf. There are mild winters and very hot, humid summers.
The highest point in Qatar is Qurayn Abu al Bawl at 103 metres (338 ft) in the Jebel Dukhan to the west, a range of low limestone outcroppings running north-south from Zikrit through Umm Bab to the southern border. The Jebel Dukhan area also contains Qatar’s main onshore oil deposits, while the natural gas fields lie offshore, to the northwest of the peninsula.
Biodiversity and environmentQatar signed the Rio Convention on Biological Diversity on 11 June 1992, and became a party to the convention on 21 August 1996. It has subsequently produced a National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, which was received by the convention on 18 May 2005. A total of 142 fungal species have been recorded from Qatar.
For two decades, Qatar has had the highest per-capita carbon dioxide emissions in the world, at 49.1 metric tons per person in 2008. Qataris are also some of the highest consumers of water per capita per day, using around 400 litres.
Climate Main article: Climate of Qatar Climate data for Qatar Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Average high °C (°F) 22 (72) 23 (73) 23 (73) 32 (90) 38 (100) 41 (106) 41 (106) 41 (106) 38 (100) 35 (95) 29 (84) 24 (75) 32.3 (90) Average low °C (°F) 13 (55) 13 (55) 17 (63) 21 (70) 25 (77) 27 (81) 29 (84) 29 (84) 26 (79) 23 (73) 19 (66) 15 (59) 21.4 (70.5) Precipitation mm (inches) 12.7 (0.5) 17.8 (0.701) 15.2 (0.598) 7.6 (0.299) 2.5 (0.098) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2.5 (0.098) 12.7 (0.5) 71 (2.794) Source: weather.com
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