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 land: 5,640 sq km water: 220 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 |
| 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: | 150 sq km; note - includes Gaza Strip (2003) |
| Natural hazards: | droughts |
| Environment - current issues: | adequacy of fresh water supply; sewage treatment |
| Geography - note: | landlocked; highlands are main recharge area for Israel's coastal aquifers; there are 242 West Bank settlements and 29 East Jerusalem settlements in addition to at least 20 occupied outposts (August 2005 est.) |