Location:
Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel and Syria
Geographic coordinates:
33 50 N, 35 50 E
Map references:
Middle East
Area:
Area - comparative: Land boundaries:
Coastline: Maritime claims:
Climate: Terrain: Elevation extremes:
Natural resources: Land use:
Irrigated land: Total renewable water resources: Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
Natural hazards: Environment - current issues: Environment - international agreements:
Geography - note:
total:
10,400 sq km
country comparison to the world: 170
land:
10,230 sq km
water:
170 sq km
Area comparison map:
total:
454 km
border countries:
Israel 79 km, Syria 375 km
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225 km
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territorial sea:
12 nm
Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; Lebanon mountains experience heavy winter snows
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narrow coastal plain; El Beqaa (Bekaa Valley) separates Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon Mountains
lowest point:
Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point:
Qornet es Saouda 3,088 m
limestone, iron ore, salt, water-surplus state in a water-deficit region, arable land
arable land:
10.72%
permanent crops:
12.06%
other:
77.22% (2011)
1,040 sq km (2003)
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4.5 cu km (2011)
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total:
1.31 cu km/yr (29%/11%/60%)
per capita:
316.8 cu m/yr (2005)
dust storms, sandstorms
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
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
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