Syria on the map: five neighbours, a Mediterranean coast and the Euphrates
Background
Syria is a country located on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea in southwestern Asia, and its capital is Damascus.
Its neighbouring countries are Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel and Lebanon.
Turkey lies on its northern border and Iraq on its east; Jordan and Israel lie to the south, and Lebanon together with the Mediterranean Sea to its west.
Key physical features include the Anti-Lebanon Mountains, Mount Hermon, the Euphrates River, Lake Al-Asad and the Orontes River.
The Euphrates River and the Orontes River are the two rivers named among those key features.
Lake Al-Asad is the large inland water body marked on physical maps of the country.
In plain words
Anti-Lebanon Mountains — A mountain range running along the border between Syria and Lebanon, east of the Lebanon range.
Orontes River — A river of western Syria that flows northwards through the country's coastal valley.