Yemen

Flag Description Three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black; similar to the flag of syria, which has two green stars and of iraq which has three green stars (plus an arabic inscription) in a horizontal line centered in the white band; also similar to the flag of egypt, which has a heraldic eagle centered in the white band. Currency Yemeni rial. Astronomy Today's date is May 12, 2008. There is currently a First Quarter Moon. Location Middle east, bordering the arabian sea, gulf of aden, and red sea, between oman and saudi arabia. Climate Mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east. Terrain Narrow coastal plain backed by flat-topped hills and rugged mountains; dissected upland desert plains in center slope into the desert interior of the arabian peninsula. Elevation Extremes The lowest point is at Arabian Sea 0 m. The highest point is at Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,760 m.

Nature & Science News

Great tits cope well with warming - Great tits in Britain seem to be adapting to climatic change, scientists report, unlike some other birds.

'No bias' against UK astronauts - UK government opposition to human spaceflight will be no bar to its citizens becoming astronauts, Esa says.

New batch of walruses gets tagged - Ten of Greenland's walruses are fitted with sat-tags to confirm whether the blubbery beasts migrate to Canada.

Platypus genetic code unravelled - The genetic blueprint of one of the world's strangest mammals - the duck-billed platypus - is deciphered.

EU's sat-nav pioneer calls home - A demonstrator satellite for the European Galileo system begins transmitting navigation signals back to Earth.

Nasa set to join petaflop elite - Nasa has unveiled a plan to boost its supercomputer power to help plan and model future missions.

Yemen

This is a map of Yemen. The map illustrates the location of Sanaa and its proximity to Mocha, Sayhut, Al Ghaydah, and the Gulf of Aden.

Other countries on this map include: Saudi Arabia / Oman / Somalia

Index:
Placenames Around the World