Geography
Spanning on two continents, The Arab League can be divided into two parts Asian and African Parts, the Asian Part is the smaller part, made of the Fertile Crescent and Arabian Peninsula, while the African Part is made up of North Africa, Sudan, coastal countries of the Horn of Africa and Comoros Islands. Geographically the Arab League is mostly Arid Lands, it has several major deserts in it, the Sahara desert, the Arabian Desert and other smaller ones, dividing both lands is the Suez Canal in Egypt, other terrains can be found in the Arab League, From the Arid Mountains of Ahaggar Mountains in Algeria to the Fertile valleys of Sudan and Iraq. Its total land area is approximately 14 million km², if ranked it would be second after the Russian Federation.
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