Geography Of West Bank

Location	Middle East, west of Jordan
Geographic coordinates	32 00 N, 35 15 E
Map references	middle_east
Area	total: 5,860 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 water: 220 sq km land: 5,640 sq km
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: 16.9% permanent crops: 18.97% other: 64.13% (2001)
Irrigated land	NA sq km
Natural hazards	droughts
Environment - current issues	adequacy of fresh water supply; sewage treatment
Environment - international agreements
Geography note	landlocked; highlands are main recharge area for Israel's coastal aquifers; there are 244 West Bank settlements and 29 East Jerusalem settlements in addition to at least 20 occupied outposts(August 2003 est.)

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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