West Bank Geography 1997

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 theDead Sea, but excludes Mt. Scopus; East Jerusalem and Jerusalem No Man's Landare also included only as a means of depicting the entire area occupied byIsrael in 1967

Area - comparative slightly smaller than Delaware

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 tohot summers, cool to mild winters

Terrain mostly rugged dissected upland, some vegetation in west, but barrenin 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 - international agreements
party to: none of the selected agreements
signed, but not ratified : none of the selected agreements

Geography - note landlocked; highlands are main recharge area for Israel's coastal aquifers;there are 203 Israeli settlements and civilian land use sites in the WestBank and 26 in East Jerusalem (August 1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding West Bank on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of West Bank Geography 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about West Bank Geography 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.