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Syria Terrain
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primarily semiarid and desert plateau; narrow coastal plain; mountains in west.
Resources
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petroleum, phosphates, chrome and manganese ores, asphalt, iron ore, rock salt, marble, gypsum, hydropower.
Natural Hazards
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dust storms, sandstorms.
Population
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19,314,747 note: in addition, about 40,000 people live in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights - 20,000 Arabs (18,000 Druze and 2,000 Alawites) and about 20,000 Israeli settlers (July 2007 est.).
