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Location:
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Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Lebanon and Turkey

Geographic coordinates:
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35 00 N, 38 00 E

Map references:
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Middle East

Area:
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total: 185,180 sq km
land: 184,050 sq km
water: 1,130 sq km
note: includes 1,295 sq km of Israeli-occupied territory

Area - comparative:
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slightly larger than North Dakota

Land boundaries:
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total: 2,253 km
border countries: Iraq 605 km, Israel 76 km, Jordan 375 km, Lebanon 375 km, Turkey 822 km

Coastline:
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193 km

Maritime claims:
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territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm

Climate:
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mostly desert; hot, dry, sunny summers (June to August) and mild, rainy winters (December to February) along coast; cold weather with snow or sleet periodically in Damascus

Terrain:
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primarily semiarid and desert plateau; narrow coastal plain; mountains in west

Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: unnamed location near Lake Tiberias -200 m
highest point: Mount Hermon 2,814 m

Natural resources:
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petroleum, phosphates, chrome and manganese ores, asphalt, iron ore, rock salt, marble, gypsum, hydropower

Land use:
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arable land: 24.8%
permanent crops: 4.47%
other: 70.73% (2005)

Irrigated land:
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13,330 sq km (2003)

Total renewable water resources:
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46.1 cu km (1997)

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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Total: 19.95 cu km/yr (3%/2%/95%)
Per capita: 1,048 cu m/yr (2000)

Natural hazards:
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dust storms, sandstorms

Environment - current issues:
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deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; water pollution from raw sewage and petroleum refining wastes; inadequate potable water

Environment - international agreements:
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party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification

Geography - note:
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there are 42 Israeli settlements and civilian land use sites in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights (August 2005 est.)
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This page was last updated on 5 May, 2008

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