Lebanon
Average temperature, rainfall and snowfall information is available for the following climate stations in Lebanon
Official name: | Lebanese Republic |
Capital: | Beirut |
Area: | total: 10,400 sq km water: 170 sq km land: 10,230 sq km |
Climate: | Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; Lebanon mountains experience heavy winter snows |
Location: | Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel and Syria |
Geographic coordinates: | 33 50 N, 35 50 E |
Comparative Area: | about 0.7 times the size of Connecticut |
Land boundaries: | total: 454 km border countries: Israel 79 km, Syria 375 km |
Coastline: | 225 km |
Terrain: | narrow coastal plain; El Beqaa (Bekaa Valley) separates Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon Mountains |
Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m highest point: Qurnat as Sawda' 3,088 m |
Map of Lebanon