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| Location: |
Middle East, west of Jordan
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| Geographic coordinates: |
32 00 N, 35 15 E
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| Map references: |
Middle East
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| Area: |
total:
5,860 sq km
land:
5,640 sq km
water:
220 sq km
note:
includes West Bank, Latrun Salient, and the northwest quarter of the Dead Sea, but excludes Mt. Scopus; East Jerusalem and Jerusalem No Man's Land are also included only as a means of depicting the entire area occupied by Israel in 1967
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| Area - comparative: |
slightly smaller than Delaware
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| Land boundaries: |
total:
404 km
border countries:
Israel 307 km, Jordan 97 km
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| Coastline: |
0 km (landlocked)
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| Maritime claims: |
none (landlocked)
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| Climate: |
temperate, temperature and precipitation vary with altitude, warm to hot summers, cool to mild winters
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| Terrain: |
mostly rugged dissected upland, some vegetation in west, but barren in east
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| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point:
Dead Sea -408 m
highest point:
Tall Asur 1,022 m
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| Natural resources: |
arable land
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| Land use: |
arable land:
27%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
32%
forests and woodland:
1%
other:
40%
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| Natural hazards: |
droughts
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| Environment - current issues: |
adequacy of fresh water supply; sewage treatment
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| Geography - note: |
landlocked; highlands are main recharge area for Israel's coastal aquifers; there are 231 Israeli settlements and civilian land use sites in the West Bank and 29 in East Jerusalem (August 1999 est.)
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