ISRAEL

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Main facts about the geography of Israel

• Israel is a tall, thin strip of land running North to South
• The West is all coastline bordering the Mediterranean Sea
• Mountains running down the center of the country
• The Negev desert takes up all of Southern Israel and over half the total area of the entre country
• Israel’s border with Egypt is where Asia ends and Africa begins
• The border barely touches the Red Sea at the very bottom tip of the country
• Dead Sea, which is famously the lowest point for water on Earth
• River Jordan runs through Israel
• Israel is not very abundant in natural resources