Abstract
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, or simply Jordan, is a small county located in the Middle East. Jordan has borders with Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq, and Israel (see Figure 1). Jordan was established in 1921 and has very limited natural resources. Jordan's current (2008) population is estimated to be 6.5 million. The country has a total area of 750,000 km2, about one third (92,300 km2) of which is dry land while the other two thirds (329,000 km2) is irrigated land.