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Israel
Index
Size: About 20,700 square kilometers. Occupied
territories comprise additional 7,477 square kilometers: West Bank,
5,879; Gaza Strip, 378; East Jerusalem, annexed in July 1980, 70;
and Golan Heights, annexed in December 1981, 1,150.
Topography: Four general areas: coastal plain--fertile,
humid, and thickly populated--stretches along Mediterranean Sea;
central highlands including Hills of Galilee in north with
country's highest elevation at Mt. Meron (1,208 meters), and arid
Judean Hills in south; Jordan Rift Valley with lowest point (399
meters below sea level) at Dead Sea; and Negev Desert, which
accounts for about half Israel's area.
Data as of December 1988
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