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Lebanon, [a] officially the Republic of Lebanon, [b] is a country in the Levant region of WestSituated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, [1] it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west; Cyprus lies a short distance from the coastline.
Russia and Turkey are transcontinental states with territory in both Asia and Europe by any definition. [95] Russia is historically, culturally, and politically a European state, with a history of imperial conquests in Asia. The situation for Turkey is inverse, as that of an Asian country with imperial conquests in Europe. [96]
The name Levant States was used to refer to the French mandate over Syria and Lebanon after World War I. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] This is probably the reason why the term Levant has come to be used more specifically to refer to modern Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, and the island of Cyprus . [ 3 ]
Twenty sovereign countries in Southern Europe, Western Asia and North Africa regions border the sea itself, two island nations completely located in it (Malta and Cyprus), in addition to two British Overseas Territories (Gibraltar in the west and Akrotiri & Dhekelia in the east).
Most of Lebanon's rainfall is in the four months of winter, but over the last 45 years, the Ministry of Environment (Lebanon) estimates that rainfall has decreased overall between 5 and 20 percent. [10] The coastal strip of Lebanon gets approximately 2,000 mm of rain per year, while the Beqaa Valley to the east gets only one-tenth as much. [11]
Also included is the number of unique sovereign states [a] that a country or territory shares as neighbors. If the number is higher due to multiple dependencies or unrecognized states bordering the state, the larger number is shown in brackets. Footnotes are provided to provide clarity regarding the status of certain countries and territories.
Countries by land border length Antarctica and countries in purple are those without any land border. This list gives the number of distinct land borders of each country or territory, as well as the neighbouring countries and territories. The length of each border is included, as is the total length of each country's or territory's borders. [1]
Borders (alphabetical order) Hemispheres Continents Countries Dependencies; Arctic Ocean: Eastern / Northern / Western: Asia / Europe / North America: Canada / *Denmark / Iceland / Norway / Russia / United States: Greenland / Jan Mayen / Svalbard : Atlantic Ocean: Eastern / Northern / Southern / Western: Asia / Europe / North America / South ...