Area > Comparative slightly smaller than Delaware
Area > Land	5,640 sq km		[166th of 238]
Area > Total	5,860 sq km		[175th of 250]
Area > Water	220 sq km		[124th of 239]
Climate temperate; temperature and precipitation vary with altitude, warm to hot summers, cool to mild winters
Coastline	0 km		[228th of 271]
Elevation extremes > Highest point	Tall Asur 1,022 m
Elevation extremes > Lowest point	Dead Sea -408 m
Geographic coordinates	32 00 N, 35 15 E
Geography > Note landlocked; highlands are main recharge area for Israel's coastal aquifers; there are about 340 Israeli civilian sites--including 100 small outpost communities in the West Bank and 29 sites in East Jerusalem
Land boundaries > Border countries Israel 307 km, Jordan 97 km
Land use > Arable land	16.9%		[73rd of 258]
Land use > Permanent crops	18.97%		[13th of 258]
Location Middle East, west of Jordan
Map references Middle East
Natural hazards	droughts
Natural resources	arable land
Population density	285.66 people per sqkm		[37th of 256]
tallest mountains > Mountain Tall Asur
Terrain mostly rugged dissected upland, some vegetation in west, but barren in east

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