Some important facts about the Golan Heights:
- The Golan Heights overlook and therefore militarily control, Israel's villages and cities in the plains and elevations in the north.
- The heights are roughly the size of the borough of Queens in New York.
- The width of the whole area is about 15 1/2 miles at its widest point.
- The Heights control the Kinneret, Israel's only lake and foremost water resource.