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The Geography of the Middle East. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY. Middle East? OR Near East? OR Southwest Asia? OR….?. Bodies of Water. Black Sea. Caspian Sea. Dardanelles Strait . Atlantic Ocean. Tigris River. Mediterranean Sea. Euphrates River .
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The Geography of the Middle East Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
Bodies of Water Black Sea Caspian Sea Dardanelles Strait AtlanticOcean TigrisRiver Mediterranean Sea EuphratesRiver Jordan River Suez Canal Strait ofHormuz Persian Gulf Nile River Gulf ofOman Red Sea ArabianSea Gulf of Aden IndianOcean
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 HydroelectricPower Plant
Suez Canal Completed by the British in 1869
The Tigris & EuphratesRiver System Mesopotamia: ”Land Between the Two Rivers” Marsh Arabs, So. Iraq
TheJordan RiverSystem: Israel & Jordan--A Fight OverWater Rights?
Dead Sea: Lowest Point on Earth 2,300’ below sea level HighestSaltContent(33%)
Mountains & Plateaus Caucasus Mts. AnatolianPlateau Elburz Mts. Iranian Plateau Taurus Mts. Zagros Mts. Atlas Mts. Hejaz Mts.
Mountain Ranges in Mid-East Elburz Mts., Iran Zagros Mts., Iran Lebanese Mts. Taurus Mts., Turkey
Deserts NegevDesert SinaiDesert Libyan Desert ArabianDesert Rubal-Khali Sahara Desert
Swarms of Desert Locusts! Israel Hit By Worst Locust Plague Since the 1950s! Locusts Swarm the Pyramids Complex at Giza!
Cairo, Egypt: Most Populated City in the Middle East 17,000,000+People!
Leading U. S. Oil Suppliers The U. S. imports 30% of its oil needs from the Middle East.
Kuwait: An Island Floating on a Sea of Oil KuwaitCity