Israel is 12,706 square miles. The boarering countries are Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. The terrain there is very different. There are deserts, coastal plains, central mountains, and the Jordan rift valley. The lowest elevation is 1300 feet at the Dead Sea. The hightest elevation is 3955 feet at Har Meron. The natural resources are timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand, and oils. The land use is 17% Arable, 4% permanent crops, 7% permament pastures, 6% woodland, and 66% others. There are 300 settlements in all.
