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Geography Categories
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West BankGeography
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Location: |
Middle East, west of Jordan
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Geographic coordinates: |
32 00 N, 35 15 E
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Map references: |
Middle East
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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
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Area - comparative: |
slightly smaller than Delaware
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Land boundaries: |
total: 404 km
border countries: Israel 307 km, Jordan 97 km
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Coastline: |
0 km (landlocked)
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Maritime claims: |
none (landlocked)
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Climate: |
temperate; temperature and precipitation vary with altitude, warm to hot summers, cool to mild winters
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Terrain: |
mostly rugged dissected upland, some vegetation in west, but barren in east
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m
highest point: Tall Asur 1,022 m
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Natural resources: |
arable land
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Land use: |
arable land: 16.9%
permanent crops: 18.97%
other: 64.13% (2001)
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Irrigated land: |
NA sq km
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Natural hazards: |
droughts
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Environment - current issues: |
adequacy of fresh water supply; sewage treatment
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Geography - note: |
landlocked; highlands are main recharge area for Israel's coastal aquifers; there are 244 West Bank settlements and 29 East Jerusalem settlements in addition to at least 20 occupied outposts (August 2003 est.)
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More about West Bank:
Introduction
People
Government
Economy
Communications
Transportation
Military
Transnational Issues
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