Israeli Coastal Plain

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The Israeli Coastal Plain (Hebrew: מישור החוף‎, Mishor HaHof) is a name to the flat and low-lying narrow strip around the Mediterranean Sea.

About 70% of Israel's population lives in the coastal plain, it is the most predominatly Jewish part of the country.

It includes the following geographical regions (from north to south):

• Western Galilee - (Rosh HaNikra - Haifa)
• Hof HaCarmel - (Haifa - Zikhron Ya'aqov)
• HaSharon - (Zikhron Ya'aqov - Tel Aviv)
• Judea Coastal Plain - (Tel Aviv - Gaza)
• Gaza Coastal Plain - (Gaza - Egyptian border)

The Israeli coastal plain has sandy beaches and moderate-warm climate.