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The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated UAE, is located on the Arabian Peninsula and with an area of 83,600 square kilometers is about the same size as the federal states of Bavaria and Schleswig-Holstein combined.
The country was created from the union of seven emirates, namely Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Fujairah, Ra’s al-Khaima, Sharjah, Ajman and Umm al-Qaiwain. Abu Dhabi is the largest of these emirates. How, when and why the union came about can be found under History.
Most of the UAE is bordered to the south and west by Saudi Arabia, which is almost 26 times the size of the UAE itself. In the north, the Musandam Peninsula also borders the country, which belongs to Oman, which also forms the eastern border of the country. Even if it does not look like it on the map, Qatar is also one of the neighboring countries of the UAE, because these are located in the northwest on its territorial waters.
In the north, the United Arab Emirates borders on the Persian (Arabian) Gulf, and also on the Gulf of Oman. However, it is not so easy for geographers to precisely define these coastlines, as the sand always shifts and thus changes the boundaries. The water directly on the coast is often not very deep, so that you would sometimes have to walk 100 kilometers in order to find a water depth of just 25 meters. As a result, there are also numerous islands on the coast, which also belong to the UAE.
Two-thirds of the United Arab Emirates is covered by the Rub al-Khali sand desert. The remaining third of the country is characterized by stone and semi-deserts.
Dangerous dunes that can wander
For the most part, the UAE consists of flat desert. In places, however, the wind also forms fascinating dunes in the sand with a height of 100 meters, which can even move with its help. This natural phenomenon is a threat to cities and oases that can be buried under the masses of sand. Therefore, attempts are often made to prevent the dunes from continuing their journey by planting, but this rarely works in the desert, which can hardly be tamed.
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