| Climate Lebanon :
| Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; Lebanon mountains experience heavy winter snows
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| Terrain Lebanon :
| narrow coastal plain; El Beqaa (Bekaa Valley) separates Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon Mountains
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| Elevation extremes lowest Lebanon :
| Mediterranean Sea 0 m
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| Elevation extremes highest Lebanon :
| Qurnat as Sawda' 3,088 m
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| Natural resources Lebanon :
| limestone, iron ore, salt, water-surplus state in a water-deficit region, arable land
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| Land use arableland Lebanon :
| 16,62%
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| Irrigated land Lebanon :
| 1,200 sq km (1998 est.)
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| Natural hazards Lebanon :
| dust storms, sandstorms
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| Environment current issues Lebanon :
| deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; air pollution in Beirut from vehicular traffic and the burning of industrial wastes; pollution of coastal waters from raw sewage and oil spills
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| Geography note Lebanon :
| Nahr el Litani only major river in Near East not crossing an international boundary; rugged terrain historically helped isolate, protect, and develop numerous factional groups based on religion, clan, and ethnicity
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