| Location |
Middle East,
west of Jordan |
| Geographic
coordinates |
32 00 N, 35
15 E |
| Map
references |
Middle East |
| 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 |
| Land
boundaries |
total : 404
km |
| border
countries |
Israel 307 km,
Jordan 97 km |
| Coastline |
0 km (landlocked) |
| Maritime
claims |
none (landlocked) |
| Climate |
temperate, temperature
and precipitation vary with altitude, warm to hot summers, cool to
mild winters |
| Terrain |
mostly rugged
dissected upland, some vegetation in west, but barren in east |
| Elevation
extremes |
lowest point:
Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Tall Asur 1,022 m |
| Natural
resources |
NEGL |
| Land
use |
arable land:
27%
permanent crops : 0%
permanent pastures: 32%
forests and woodland: 1%
other: 40% |
| Irrigated
land |
NA sq km |
| Natural
hazards |
NA |
Environment
current issues |
NA |
Environment
NA
international agreements |
party to: none
of the selected agreements
signed, but not ratified : none of the selected agreements |
| note |
landlocked;
highlands are main recharge area for Israel's coastal aquifers; there
are 203 Israeli settlements and civilian land use sites in the West
Bank and 26 in East Jerusalem (August 1996 est.) |