why is saudi arabia's geography absolutely fascinating saudi arabia is one of the only countries in the world with no permanent rivers which makes it hard to supply its population with water however saudi arabia has the second most oil reserves in the entire world which has made it an extremely powerful country and with saudi arabia being in the middle east and having access to oceans on three sides saudi arabia has been able to export their oil all across the world the kingdom of saudi arabia is a country situated in west asia the largest country on the arabian peninsula bordering the persian gulf and the red sea it's extensive coastlines provide great leverage on shipping especially crude oil through the persian gulf and the suez canal