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Lebanon Geography - 1989 https://theodora.com/wfb1989/lebanon/lebanon_geography.html SOURCE: 1989 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Total area: 10,400 km2
Comparative area: about 0.8 times the size of Connecticut Land boundaries: 454 km total
Coastline: 225 km Maritime claim: @m5Territorial sea: 12 nm Disputes: separated from Israel by the 1949 Armistice Line; Israeli troops in southern Lebanon since June 1982; Syrian troops in northern Lebanon since October 1976 Climate: Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers Terrain: narrow coastal plain; Al Biqa (Bekaa Valley) separates Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon Mountains Natural resources: limestone, iron ore, salt; water-surplus state in a water-deficit region Land use: 21% arable land; 9% permanent crops; 1% meadows and pastures; 8% forest and woodland; 61% other; includes 7% irrigated Environment: rugged terrain historically helped isolate, protect, and develop numerous factional groups based on religion, clan, ethnicity; deforestation; soil erosion; air and water pollution; desertification Note: Nahr al Litani only major river in Near East
not crossing an international boundary
NOTE: The information regarding Lebanon on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Lebanon Geography 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Lebanon Geography 1989 should be addressed to the CIA. |