text: Bahrain is a generally flat and arid archipelago in the Persian Gulf , east of Saudi Arabia . It consists of a low desert plain rising gently to a low central escarpment with the highest point the 134 m Mountain of Smoke ( Jabal ad Dukhan ) .
simplified: Bahrain is a flat and dry archipelago , with a low desert plain rising gently to a low central hill , in the Arabian Gulf , east of Saudi Arabia .