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Ch. 21-2: Climate and Vegetation of SW Asia

Ch. 21-2: Climate and Vegetation of SW Asia. Objective : Identify the impact of the deserts, oil, and scarce water on SW Asia. Desert World. SW Asia is extremely arid Fresh water is crucial for survival Reduces travel Limits interaction. Desert Limits Movement.

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Ch. 21-2: Climate and Vegetation of SW Asia

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  1. Ch. 21-2: Climate and Vegetation of SW Asia Objective: Identify the impact of the deserts, oil, and scarce water on SW Asia

  2. Desert World • SW Asia is extremely arid • Fresh water is crucial for survival • Reduces travel • Limits interaction

  3. Desert Limits Movement • Rub al-Khali is known as the Empty Quarter • Size of Texas • Located on the Arabian Peninsula in the South Map of Empty Quarter (German)

  4. Vegetation Map of Asia

  5. Ch. 21-3 Human-Environment Interaction • Water-the most critical resource • Dams and irrigation systems • (Think Aswan High Dam) • (What happens when a river crosses into another country?) • Drip irrigation

  6. Oil! • SW Asia-50% of world’s petroleum reserves • Stored in pores of rocks NOT in pools under the ground

  7. Transporting Oil • Unprocessed petroleum is called crude oil • Pipelines send the crude oil to tankers or to refineries • Refinery-converts crude oil into useful products

  8. Oil refinery • Oil tanker

  9. Al-Shaybah oil field, southeastern Saudi Arabia.

  10. A Different Kind Of Oil Field

  11. Oil Spills Beirut, Lebanon

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