Geography of the West Bank

Geography of the West Bank

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Location:Middle East, west of Jordan

Geographic coordinates: coord|32|00|N|35|15|E|type:country

Map references:Middle East

Area:
"total:"5,860 km²
"land:"5,640 km²
"water:"220 km²
"note:"includes West Bank, Latrun Salient, and the northwest quarter of the Dead Sea, but excludes Mount 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:"404 km
"border countries:"Israel 307 km, Jordan 97 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, some vegetation in west, but barren in east

Elevation extremes:
"lowest point:"Dead Sea -408 m
"highest point:"Tall Asur 1,022 m

Natural resources:arable land

Land use:
"arable land:"27%
"permanent crops:"0%
"permanent pastures:"32%
"forests and woodland:"1%
"other:"40%

Irrigated land:NA km²

Natural hazards:NA

Environment - current issues:adequacy of fresh water supply; sewage treatment

Geography - note:landlocked; highlands are main recharge area for Israel's coastal aquifers; there are 231 Israeli settlements and civilian land use sites in the West Bank and 29 in East Jerusalem (August 1999 est.)

References

* [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/we.html CIA Factbook: West Bank]


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