Jordan, a young country dense with history, full of natural wonders and historical sites, a well-travelled bridge between sea and desert, east and west. Situated just east of the River Jordan, it continues to be a bridge between ancient and new civilizations and an open air museum in almost all its entirety.

Jordan covers an area of 89,411 square kilometres (55,900 square miles). It is only 414 kilometres (257 miles) from Ar-Ramtha at the border with Syria to Aqaba in the south and 387 kilometres (240 miles) from the King Hussein Bridge on the Jordan River to the eastern border.

The Kingdom is divided into three natural regions from east to west, which converge in the south at Aqaba, the country's only outlet to the sea. The first consists of the eastern depression of the Jordan Valley from the southern end of the Sea of Galilee in the north, along the Jordan River, the Dead Sea down to the Red Sea at Aqaba. The second natural region is the upland area above the Jordan Valley and is intersected by wadis (valleys and gorges). The deserts to the east of these uplands are the third and largest region, forming more than 75 per cent of the total area.