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Lebanon Cities with Hotels
 Lebanon (country) (Arabic Lubnan), republic
in southwestern Asia, bounded on the north and east by Syria, on the southeast
and south by Israel, and on the west by the Mediterranean Sea. The area is
10,400 sq km (4015 sq mi). The capital and leading port is Beirut (Bayrut).
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Land and Resources
Lebanon is about 217 km (about 135 mi) long and 40 to 80 km
(25 to 50 mi) wide. A very narrow coastal plain extends along the Mediterranean
Sea. Inland the terrain is dominated by two major mountain ranges, which are
separated by the fertile Bekáa Valley (Al Biqa'). The Lebanon range rises
abruptly from the coastal plain; it is cut by numerous deep gorges and in the
north contains the country's highest peak, Qurnat as Sawda' (3083 m/10,115 ft).
The other major range, the Anti-Lebanon, lies along the Syrian border in the
east. Lebanon's major, and only navigable, river, the Lìtanì, is in Bekáa
Valley. Many of the other rivers flow only during the rainy winter season.
Climate
The climate varies from a Mediterranean-type subtropical
climate along the coast and in Bekáa Valley to a generally cool one in the upper
mountains. Summers are hot and dry; winters are mild and humid. Frost is rare at
lower elevations. The mean temperature in the lowlands is 26.7° C (80° F) in
summer and 10° C (50° F) in winter. The mountainous region is somewhat cooler.
Annual precipitation, occurring mainly in winter, is 889 mm (35 in) along the
coast, 635 mm (25 in) or less in Bekáa Valley, and more than 1270 mm (more than
50 in) in the mountains.
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