Lebanon: Geography#
| Location | Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel and Syria |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 33 50 N, 35 50 E 33.833332,35.833332 |
| Area | total: 10,400 sq km land: 10,230 sq km water: 170 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: 10400 DBpedia: 10452 Geoname: 10400 Infoplease: 10400 Britannica: 10452 Wolfram: 10452 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: 454 km border countries: Israel 79 km, Syria 375 km |
| Coastline | 225 km |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m highest point: Qornet es Saouda 3,088 m |
| Highest Mountains | Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: Qurnat as Sawda' 3088 m; Mount Hermon 2814 m According to Geonames: Machraa Tourmous 2932 m; Dahr Qloussia 2845 m; Harf Aïn el Baïda 2839 m; Mount Hermon 2814 m; Mashraa el Barbris 2811 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 | narrow coastal plain; El Beqaa (Bekaa Valley) separates Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon Mountains |
| Natural Hazards | dust storms, sandstorms |
| Natural Resource | limestone, iron ore, salt, water-surplus state in a water-deficit region, arable land |
| Land Use | arable land: 10.72% permanent crops: 12.06% other: 77.22% (2011) |
| Climate | Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; Lebanon mountains experience heavy winter snows |
| Irrigated Land | 1,040 sq km (2003) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 4.5 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; air pollution in Beirut from vehicular traffic and the burning of industrial wastes; pollution of coastal waters from raw sewage and oil spills |
| Environment - international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification, 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: Beirut; Trablous; Sayda; Sur; Juniyah According to Geonames: Beirut; Ra’s Bayrut; Tripoli; Sidon; Tyre 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 | smallest country in continental Asia; Nahr el Litani is the only major river in Near East not crossing an international boundary; rugged terrain historically helped isolate, protect, and develop numerous factional groups based on religion, clan, and ethnicity |