https://www.confiduss.com/en/jurisdictions/syria/geography/ - Geography of Syria

Syria is considered to be a large nation because of its total area. Its total land area is 185,180 km² (approx. 71,498 mi²). Continental shelf of Syria is approximately 1,085 km² (around 419 mi²). Syria is located in Asia. Asia is the world’s largest and most populous continent. Asian countries include, but are not limited to, Russia, China, Japan, Hong Kong, and North and South Korea. Syria has 5 neighbouring countries. Its neighbours include Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey. Syria is not a landlocked country. It means that is is bordered by at least one major body of water. The average elevation range of Syria is 514 m (1,686 ft).

Neighbors
Total length of land borders of Syria is 2363 kilometers (~912 miles). Syria shares its land borders with 5 different countries, and has the same number of unique land boundaries to neigbouring territories. As in the case of Syria, if a country has the same number of unique neighboring territories as number of land borders, than that country has no non-contiguous sections of a land border. This is in contrast to several countries that have multiple non-contiguous sections of land borders. Syria has 5 neighbouring countries. Its neighbours include Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey. The lengths of the land borders of Syria with its neighbouring countries are as follows:

Iraq - 605 km (376 mi),
Israel - 76 km (47 mi),
Jordan - 375 km (233 mi),
Lebanon - 375 km (233 mi),
Turkey - 822 km (511 mi).

Cities
The capital city of Syria is Damascus. The largest cities in Syria are Damascus, Aleppo.

Elevation
The average elevation range of Syria is 514 m (1,686 ft). The highest point of Syria is Jabal el-Sheikh, with its official height being 2814 m (9,233 ft). The lowest point of Syria is Sea of Galilee. It lies at -214 m (-702 ft), i.e. below the sea level. The elevation difference between the highest (Jabal el-Sheikh) and lowest (Sea of Galilee) points of Syria is 3028 m (2 ft).

Area
The total land area of Syria is 185,180 km² (approx. 71,498 mi²). and the total exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is 10,503 km² (~4,055 mi²). The continental shelf of Syria is approximately 1,085 km² (around 419 mi²). Including land mass and EEZ, the total area of Syria is approximately 195,683 km² (~75,553 mi²). Syria is considered to be a large nation because of its total area.

Forest and arable land
4,610 km² of Syria's territory is covered in forests, and forest land comprises 2% of all the land in the country. There are 45,644 km² of arable land in Syria, and it comprises 25% of the country's total territory.