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LebanonGeography
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Location: |
Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel and Syria
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Geographic coordinates: |
33 50 N, 35 50 E
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Map references: |
Middle East
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Area: |
total: 10,400 sq km
land: 10,230 sq km
water: 170 sq km
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Area - comparative: |
about 0.7 times the size of Connecticut
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Land boundaries: |
total: 454 km
border countries: Israel 79 km, Syria 375 km
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Coastline: |
225 km
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Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
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Climate: |
Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; Lebanon mountains experience heavy winter snows
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Terrain: |
narrow coastal plain; El Beqaa (Bekaa Valley) separates Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon Mountains
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Qurnat as Sawda' 3,088 m
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Natural resources: |
limestone, iron ore, salt, water-surplus state in a water-deficit region, arable land
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Land use: |
arable land: 16.62%
permanent crops: 13.98%
other: 69.4% (2001)
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Irrigated land: |
1,200 sq km (1998 est.)
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Natural hazards: |
dust storms, sandstorms
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Environment - current issues: |
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
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification, Marine Life Conservation
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Geography - note: |
Nahr el Litani 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
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More about Lebanon:
Introduction
People
Government
Economy
Communications
Transportation
Military
Transnational Issues
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World Factbook INDEX:
List of Terms: Terms beginning with "A", Page 1 |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 A: Page 1 of 6.
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