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Southwest Asia and North Africa. Physical Geography. Location. People call Southwest Asia different names depending on who you talk to!. Southwest Asia is also called the Middle East It is called the crossroads of Europe, Africa, and Asia . Climate.
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Southwest Asia and North Africa Physical Geography
Location People call Southwest Asia different names depending on who you talk to! • Southwest Asia is also called the Middle East • It is called the crossroads of Europe, Africa, and Asia
Climate Take it from me. The Sahara Desert is hot! • Most of the area is desert or semiarid climate • Sahara Desert in North Africa is the largest desert in the world • Sahel is a region south of the Sahara (dry but not entirely desert)
Hazards • Desertification is when the desert expands due to human and natural conditions • A drought is a long period of time without rain
Mountains Dudes, I didn’t make it across the mountains! • Atlas – located in northwest Africa • Taurus – located in southern Turkey • Zagros – located in Iran • Find them on your map!
Water Features • Mediterranean Sea • Red Sea • Black Sea • Arabian Sea • Persian/Arabian Gulf • Strait of Hormuz (connects Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea) • Bosporus Strait • Dardanelles Strait • Nile River (located in Egypt) • Tigris River (located in Iraq) • Euphrates River (located in Iraq) • Jordan River (located in Israel)
Suez Canal • Human made waterway connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea • Owned by Egypt
Bosporus/Dardanelles • These are narrow straits that connect the Black Sea with the Mediterranean Sea • Istanbul is located on the Dardanelles
Soil • Areas near the rivers will flood during the wet season • Some areas of alluvial soils • Deltas near the Nile and Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Oasis/Wadi An oasis can save your life in the desert! • An Oasis is an area in the desert that has water and vegetation can grow • A wadi is a dry riverbed in the desert that will fill with water when it rains