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<text id=93CT0680>
<title>
Israel--Geography
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Israel
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Middle East, bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea,
between Egypt and Lebanon
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 20,770 km2</l>
<l> land area: 20,330 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly larger than New Jersey</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 1,006 km, Egypt 255 km, Gaza Strip 51 km,
Jordan 238 km, Lebanon 79 km, Syria 76 km, West Bank 307 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 273 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> continental shelf: to depth of exploitation</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: separated from Lebanon, Syria, and the West
Bank by the 1949 Armistice Line; differences with Jordan over the
location of the 1949 Armistice Line that separates the two countries;
West Bank and Gaza Strip are Israeli occupied with status to be
determined; Golan Heights is Israeli occupied; Israeli troops in
southern Lebanon since June 1982; water-sharing issues with Jordan
</p>
<p>Climate: temperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert
areas
</p>
<p>Terrain: Negev desert in the south; low coastal plain; central
mountains; Jordan Rift Valley
</p>
<p>Natural resources: copper, phosphates, bromide, potash, clay, sand,
sulfur, asphalt, manganese, small amounts of natural gas and crude
oil
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 17%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 5%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 40%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 6%</l>
<l> other: 32%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 2,140 km2 (1989)
</p>
<p>Environment: sandstorms may occur during spring and summer; limited
arable land and natural water resources pose serious constraints;
deforestation
</p>
<p>Note: there are 175 Jewish settlements in the West Bank, 38 in the
Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, 18 in the Gaza Strip, and 14
Israeli-built Jewish neighborhoods in East Jerusalem
</p></body></article></text>