Geography of Israel
Also known as Israel geography
Overview of the geography of Israel
Key facts
- Continent
- Asia
- Region
- Levant
- Area
- Ranked 150th
- Total
- 20,770 km (8,020 sq mi)
- Land
- 97.88%
- Water
- 2.12%
- Coastline
- 273 km (170 mi)
- Borders
- Egypt : 208 km Jordan : 307 km Lebanon : 81 km Syria : 83 km West Bank : 330 km Gaza Strip : 59 km Coastlines: 273 km
- Highest point
- Mount Meron
- Lowest point
- Dead Sea
- Longest river
- Jordan River
- Largest lake
- Sea of Galilee
- Climate
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The geography of Israel is very diverse, with desert conditions in the south, and snow-capped mountains in the north. Israel is located at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea in West Asia. It is bounded to the north by Lebanon, the northeast by Syria, the east by Jordan and the West Bank, and to the southwest by Egypt. To the west of Israel is the Mediterranean Sea, which makes up the majority of Israel's 273 km (170 mi) coastline, and the Gaza Strip. Israel has a small coastline on the Red Sea in the south.
Israel's area is approximately 20,770 km (8,019 sq mi), which includes 445 km (172 sq mi) of inland water. Israel stretches 424 km (263 mi) from north to south, and its width ranges from 114 km (71 mi) at its widest point to 10 km (6.2 mi) at its narrowest point. It has an Exclusive Economic Zone of 26,352 km (10,175 mi).