The desert landscape of Kuwait is a flat terrain with shallow depressions in the northern region. The major hills in the north are Jal Az Zor (145m above sea level) and Jal Al Liyah. The south central part is a sandy plain covered by active sand sheets with the exception of Al Ahmadi Hill, 125m high..

Kuwait lies at the north-west corner of the Arabian Peninsula, between latitudes 28° and 30° N and longitudes 46° and 48° E bounded to the north and the west with the Republic of Iraq, and to the south and south-west with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.