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fiogf49gjkf0d LEBANON IS SITUATED ON THE EASTERN LITTORAL OF
THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND COVERS AN APPROXIMATE
AREA OF 10,230SQ KM. IT IS BORDERED BY ISRAEL TO
THE SOUTH, SYRIA TO THE NORTH AND EAST AND FINALLY
THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA TO THE WEST. IT IS POSSIBLE
TO DIVIDE LEBANON INTO FOUR GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS.
THE FIRST REGION IS THE COASTAL STRIP ALONG THE
MEDITERRANEAN SHORE, THIS AREA IS A NARROW, FLAT STRIP.
THE LEBANON MOUNTAINS FOR INSTANCE JABAL LUBNAN,
STRETCHES FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. THIS CHAIN REACHES HEIGHTS
FROM 2000 TO 3000M. THE THIRD REGION IS THE BEGAA VALLEY.
THIS VALLEY IS A FERTILE AREA AND IS ABOUT 160KM LONG.
THE LEBANON MOUNTAINS RUN PARALLEL TO THIS VALLEY.
THE ANTI LEBANON, WHICH RISES TO 1981M AND A HIGHER
MOUNTAIN CHAIN OF MOUNT HERMON FORM THE EASTERN BORDER.
QURNAT AS-SAWDA IS THE HIGHEST PEAK AT 3087M.
FLOWING SOUTH THROUGH THE BEGAA VALLEY AND EMPTYING
INTO THE MEDITERRANEAN IS THE LITANI RIVER. THIS IS
LEBANON'S ONLY YEAR ROUND RIVER. THERE ALSO TENDS TO
BE LARGE SPRINGS IN THE AREA. EARTHQUAKES ARE
FREQUENT IN LEBANON.
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