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Geography
Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Lebanon
31 30 N, 34 45 E
Area: 
total: 22,072 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
152
land: 21,642 sq km
water: 430 sq km
slightly smaller than New Jersey
total: 1,017 km
border countries: Egypt 266 km, Gaza Strip 51 km, Jordan 238 km, Lebanon 79 km, Syria 76 km, West Bank 307 km
273 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
continental shelf: to depth of exploitation
Current Weather
temperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas
Negev desert in the south; low coastal plain; central mountains; Jordan Rift Valley
lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Har Meron 1,208 m
timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand
arable land: 15.45%
permanent crops: 3.88%
other: 80.67% (2005)
1,940 sq km (2003)
1.7 cu km (2001)
total: 2.05 cu km/yr (31%/7%/62%)
per capita: 305 cu m/yr (2000)
sandstorms may occur during spring and summer; droughts; periodic earthquakes
limited arable land and natural fresh water resources pose serious constraints; desertification; air pollution from industrial and vehicle emissions; groundwater pollution from industrial and domestic waste, chemical fertilizers, and pesticides
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation
Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee) is an important freshwater source; there are about 355 Israeli civilian sites including about 145 small outpost communities in the West Bank, 41 sites in the Golan Heights, and 32 in East Jerusalem (2010 est.)
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