| Location | Middle East, west of Jordan, east of Israel |
| Geographic coordinates | 32 00 N, 35 15 E |
| Map references | 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 - comparative | slightly smaller than Delaware |
| Land boundaries | total: 478 km border countries (2): Israel 330 km, Jordan 148 km |
| Coastline | 0 km (landlocked) |
| Maritime claims | none (landlocked) |
| Climate | temperate; temperature and precipitation vary with altitude, warm to hot summers, cool to mild winters |
| Terrain | mostly rugged, dissected upland in west, flat plains descending to Jordan River Valley to the east |
| Elevation extremes | highest point: Khallat al Batrakh 1,020 m lowest point: Dead Sea -431 m |
| Natural resources | arable land |
| Land use | agricultural land: 43.3% (2018 est.) arable land: 7.4% (2018 est.) permanent crops: 11% (2018 est.) permanent pasture: 24.9% (2018 est.) forest: 1.5% (2018 est.) other: 55.2% (2018 est.) note: includes Gaza Strip |
| Irrigated land | 240 sq km; note - includes Gaza Strip (2012) |
| Total renewable water resources | 837 million cubic meters (2017 est.) note: data represent combined total from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. |
| Natural hazards | droughts |
| Geography - note | landlocked; highlands are main recharge area for Israel's coastal aquifers; there are about 380 Israeli civilian sites, including about 213 settlements and 132 small outpost communities in the West Bank and 35 sites in East Jerusalem (2017) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
