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Border with Egypt Map 7: Map showing Turco-Egyptian Boundary of October 1, 1906 A clearly visible line marks about 80 kilometers (~50 mi) of the international border between Egypt and Israel in this photograph from the International Space Station. The reason for the color difference is likely a higher level of grazing by the Bedouin-tended ...
Egypt borders Libya to the west, Israel to the east and Sudan to the south. Egypt has an area of 1,002,450 km 2 (387,050 sq mi) which makes it the 29th largest country in the world. The longest straight-line distance in Egypt from north to south is 1,420 km (880 mi), while that from east to west measures 1,275 km (792 mi).
Modern Israel is bounded to the north by Lebanon, the northeast by Syria, the east by Jordan and the West Bank, and to the southwest by Egypt. To the west of Israel is the Mediterranean Sea, which makes up the majority of Israel's 273 km (170 mi) coastline and the Gaza Strip. Israel has a small coastline on the Red Sea in the south.
The difference in the shades of the terrain in uncultivated areas is the result of overgrazing on the Egyptian side of the border. [1] The Egypt–Israel barrier or Egypt–Israel border fence ( Hebrew: שְׁעוֹן הַחוֹל, romanized : Shaʽon HaḤol, lit. 'sand clock') refers to a separation barrier built by Israel along its border ...
Demographics. Population. 600,000 [1] Pop. density. 10/km 2 (30/sq mi) The Sinai Peninsula, or simply Sinai ( / ˈsaɪnaɪ / SY-ny; Arabic: سِينَاء; Egyptian Arabic: سينا; Coptic: Ⲥⲓⲛⲁ ), is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia. It is between the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea ...
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, the Red Sea to the south, Egypt to the southwest, the Mediterranean Sea to the west, and the Palestinian territories – the West Bank along the east and the Gaza Strip along the southwest.
Philadelphi Corridor. The Philadelphi Route is located along the Egypt-Gaza border. The Philadelphi Corridor, also called Philadelphi Route or Saladin Axis ( Arabic: محور صلاح الدين ), is the Israeli code name for a narrow strip of land, 14 km (8.7 miles) in length, situated along the entirety of the border between Gaza Strip and ...
The Rafah Border Crossing ( Arabic: معبر رفح, romanized : Ma`bar Rafaḥ) or Rafah Crossing Point is the sole crossing point between Egypt and Palestine 's Gaza Strip. It is located on the Egypt–Palestine border. Under a 2007 agreement between Egypt and Israel, Egypt controls the crossing but imports through the Rafah crossing require ...