Lebanon
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Introduction - Lebanon: | Location - Lebanon: | Location | Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel and Syria | | Geographic coordinates | 33 50 N, 35 50 E | | Map references | Middle East | | Area | total: 10,400 sq km
land: 10,230 sq km
water: 170 sq km | | Area comparative | about 0.7 times the size of Connecticut | | Land boundaries | total: 454 km
border countries: Israel 79 km, Syria 375 km | | Coastline | 225 km | | Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm | | Climate | Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; Lebanon mountains experience heavy winter snows | | Terrain | narrow coastal plain; El Beqaa (Bekaa Valley) separates Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon Mountains | | Elevation extremes | lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Qurnat as Sawda 3,088 m | | Natural resources | limestone, iron ore, salt, water-surplus state in a water-deficit region, arable land | | Land use | arable land: 16.35%
permanent crops: 13.75%
other: 69.9% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 1,040 sq km (2003) | | Natural hazards | dust storms, sandstorms | | 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 | | Environment international agreements | 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 | | Geography note | 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 | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |