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| 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 water: 170 sq km land: 10,230 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: 16.62% permanent crops: 13.98% other: 69.4% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 1,200 sq km (1998 est.) |
| 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, 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 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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