Flag Description Three horizontal bands of red (top), white (double width), and red with a green cedar tree centered in the white band.Currency Lebanese pound. Astronomy Today's date is November 22, 2009. There is currently a New Moon. Location Middle east, bordering the mediterranean sea, between israel and syria. Climate Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; lebanon mountains experience heavy winter snows. Terrain Narrow coastal plain; el beqaa (bekaa valley) separates lebanon and anti-lebanon mountains. Elevation Extremes The lowest point is at Mediterranean Sea 0 m. The highest point is at Qurnat as Sawda' 3,088 m. |