The Mighty Nile River Longest River in the
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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 Caucasus Mts. . ts Atlas Mts. Anatolian Plateau s. t s. M z ur M b El Iranian Zagros Plateau Mts. u ur a T jaz He Mt s.
Mountain Ranges in Mid-East Elburz Mts. , Iran Lebanese Mts. Zagros Mts. , Iran Taurus Mts. , Turkey
Deserts Libyan Desert Sahara Desert Negev Sinai Desert Arabian Desert Rub al-Khali
Desert Bedouins
Swarms of Desert Locusts! Israel Hit By Worst Locust Plague Since the 1950 s! Locusts Swarm the Pyramids Complex at Giza!
Rub al-Khali: “The Empty Quarter”
Desert Oases: Water at a Premium!
Fresh Groundwater Sources
Desalinization Plants
Fertile Crescent
The Fertile Crescent
Completed Map Ca Caucasus Mts. n ia sp . ts Black Sea M z r Dardanelles Strait Anatolian u b l Plateau E Med iterr ane Tigris s. Euphrates t an S Iranian M ea us Jordan River. Zagros Plateau r u Atlas Mts. River Negev Ta Sinai PMts. er Suez Canal Desert Strait of sia Desert n G Hormuz Arabian Libyan Desert Nile ulf Gulf Desert River Rub of al-Khali Oman a Se Atlantic Ocean jaz a Se He d Re Mt s. Sahara Desert Arabian Sea Gulf of Aden Indian Ocean
The Middle East vs. the U. S. Latitude Lines
Middle East: Climate Regions
Middle East: Population Density
Cairo, Egypt: Most Populated City in the Middle East 17, 000+ People!
The Middle East: Natural Vegetation
The Natural Resources of the Middle East
World Oil Reserves
Persian Gulf Oil Exports (2003)
Saudi Oil Fields & Refineries
Kuwait: An Island Floating on a Sea of Oil Kuwait City
Leading U. S. Oil Suppliers The U. S. imports 30% of its oil needs from the Middle East.