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Contents

List of Maps xvi
Abbreviations xvii
Note on Transliteration xix

Acknowledgements xxii
Foreword xxiv
Introduction 1
Chapter One: Geographical Conditions

1 The changing importance of immutable
geographical factors 4
2 Ecology: Some implications of the UAE’s
geographical setting 5
Oil 5
A country of the "Middle East” 6
Geographical features of the country 6
General 6
The mountains 8
The desert 9
The sea 10
3 The main geographical features of the individual
emirates 11

Abu Dhabi 11
Dubai 14
Sharjah 15
The northern States and the east coast 16

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