Ubicación: Middle East, west of Jordan

Cordenadas Geograficas: 32 00 N, 35 15 E

Referencias en el mapa: 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

Area - comparativo: slightly smaller than Delaware

Fronteras:
total: 404 km
border countries: Israel 307 km, Jordan 97 km

Costa: 0 km (landlocked)

Demandas Maritimas: none (landlocked)

Clima: temperate, temperature and precipitation vary with altitude, warm to hot summers, cool to mild winters

Terreno: mostly rugged dissected upland, some vegetation in west, but barren in east

Extremos de Elevación:
lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Tall Asur 1,022 m

Recursos Naturales: arable land

Uso de Tierras:
arable land: 27%
permanent crops: 0%
permanent pastures: 32%
forests and woodland: 1%
other: 40%

Tierras Irrigadas: NA sq km

Peligros Naturales: NA

Ambiente - asuntos actuales: adequacy of fresh water supply; sewage treatment

Nota - geografía: landlocked; highlands are main recharge area for Israel's coastal aquifers; there are 231 Israeli settlements and civilian land use sites in the West Bank and 29 in East Jerusalem (August 1999 est.)