Israel is about 1.2 times smaller than Lake Erie.

Lake Erie is approximately 25,744 km² (9,940 sq mi), while Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, making Israel 85.21% the size of Lake Erie.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lake Erie vs. Israel uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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