Syria iri pakati pe latitudes 32° ne 38° N, uye longitudes 35° ne 43° E. Mamiriro ekunze akasiyana kubva pamhenderekedzo yeMediterranean ine hunyoro, kuburikidza nenzvimbo isina kunaya yemasango, kuenda kurenje rakaoma kumabvazuva. Nyika iyi inoumbwa kunyanya nenzvimbo isina kunaya, kunyangwe chikamu chekuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero chinopinda muMediterranean chiri chakasvibira. Al-Jazira kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva neHawran kumaodzanyemba inzvimbo dzakakosha dzekurima. Rwizi rweEuphrates, rwizi rwakakosha kwazvo muSyria, runoyambuka nyika kumabvazuva. Syria ndeimwe yenyika gumi neshanu dzinoumba inonzi "chivako chebudiriro". Nyika yayo inoyambuka "kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweArabian plate". Petroleum mune huwandu hwekutengesa yakatanga kuwanikwa kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweSyria muna 1956.
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