Syria tana tsakanin latitudes 32 ° da 38 ° N, da kuma longitudes 35 ° da 43 ° E. Yanayin ya bambanta daga bakin tekun Bahar Rum mai laushi, ta hanyar yankin tsaunukan tsaunuka, zuwa hamada mai bushewa a gabas. Kasar ta kunshi mafi yawan yankuna masu bushewa, kodayake yankin arewa maso yammacin da ke iyaka da Bahar Rum yana da kyau. Al-Jazira a arewa maso gabas da Hawran a kudu sune yankunan noma masu mahimmanci. Kogin Yufiretis, mafi mahimmancin kogin Siriya, ya ƙetare ƙasar a gabas. Siriya na ɗaya daga cikin jihohi goma sha biyar da suka ƙunshi abin da ake kira "farkon wayewa".
Kogin Yufiretis