The Middle East vs the U S Latitude
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The Middle East vs. the U. S. Latitude Lines
Middle East? OR Near East? OR Southwest Asia? OR…. ?
Bodies of Water Ca iter r a Se Med n ia Atlantic Ocean sp Black Sea Dardanelles Strait anea n Tigris Euphrates River Sea Jordan River Pe Suez Canal rs d Re Nile River ian Se Strait of Gu Hormuz lf Gulf of Oman a Arabian Sea Gulf of Aden Indian Ocean
The Mighty Nile River: “Longest River in the World”
Egypt: The “Gift of the Nile” Nile Delta Annual Nile Flooding 95% of the Egyptian people live on 5% of the land!
Aswan High Dam, Egypt Hydroelectric Power Plant
Suez Canal Completed by the British in 1869
The Tigris & Euphrates River System Mesopotamia: ”Land Between the Two Rivers” Marsh Arabs, So. Iraq
Dust Storms Along the Tigris-Euphrates Flood Plains
The Jordan River System: Israel & Jordan--A Fight Over Water Rights?
Dead Sea: Lowest Point on Earth 2, 300’ below sea level Highest Salt Content (33%)
Wadis – Instant Springs
Mountains & Plateaus M ts . Caucasus Mts. Atlas Mts. El bu rz Anatolian Plateau s ru u Ta ts. M Iranian Zagros Plateau Mts. jaz He s. Mt
Mountain Ranges in Mid-East Elburz Mts. , Iran Lebanese Mts. Zagros Mts. , Iran Taurus Mts. , Turkey
Deserts Libyan Desert Sahara Desert Sinai. Negev Desert Arabian Desert Rub al-Khali
Desert Bedouins
Rub al-Khali: “The Empty Quarter”
Desert Oases: Water at a Premium!
Fresh Groundwater Sources
Desalinization Plants
Fertile Crescent
The Fertile Crescent
Completed Map ts . Ca Caucasus Mts. El a Atlantic Ocean Se bu rz n ia M sp Black Sea Dardanelles Strait Anatolian Plateau Med iter rane Tigris an S Euphrates us Iranian ea aur. Jordan River T ts. Zagros Plateau Atlas Mts. Negev M River Sinai PMts. er Suez Canal Desert Strait of sia Deser n Arabian Gu Hormuz Libyan Nile t lf Gulf Desert River Rub of al-Khali Oman a jaz Se He d Re s. Mt Sahara Desert Arabian Sea Gulf of Aden Indian Ocean
Middle East: Climate Regions
Middle East: Population Density
The Middle East: Natural Vegetation
The Natural Resources of the Middle East