Israel: Geography#
| Location | Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Lebanon |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 31 30 N, 34 45 E 31.5,34.75 |
| Area | total: 20,770 sq km land: 20,330 sq km water: 440 sq km We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows: Factbook: 20770 DBpedia: 20769 Geoname: 20770 Infoplease: 20770 Britannica: 21643 Wolfram: 20770 Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Land boundaries | total: 1,068 km border countries: Egypt 208 km, Gaza Strip 59 km, Jordan 307 km, Lebanon 81 km, Syria 83 km, West Bank 330 km |
| Coastline | 273 km |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m highest point: Har Meron 1,208 m |
| Highest Mountains | Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: Har Karkom 1035 m; Mount Ramon 1035 m According to Geonames: Har Meron 1208 m; Har Ramon 1037 m Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Terrain | Negev desert in the south; low coastal plain; central mountains; Jordan Rift Valley |
| Natural Hazards | sandstorms may occur during spring and summer; droughts; periodic earthquakes |
| Natural Resource | timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand |
| Land Use | arable land: 13.68% permanent crops: 3.69% other: 82.62% (2011) |
| Climate | temperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas |
| Irrigated Land | 2,250 sq km (2004) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 1.78 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | limited arable land and natural freshwater resources pose serious constraints; desertification; air pollution from industrial and vehicle emissions; groundwater pollution from industrial and domestic waste, chemical fertilizers, and pesticides |
| Environment - international agreements | 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 |
| Large Cities | Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: Jerusalem; Tel Aviv; Haifa; Rishon LeZiyyon; Ashdod According to Geonames: Jerusalem; West Jerusalem; Haifa; Tel Aviv; Ashdod Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org Important Cities |
| Geography-note | Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee) is an important freshwater source; the Dead Sea is the second saltiest body of water in the world (after Lake Assal in Djibouti); 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.) |