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MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY

MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY. FOUR REGIONS. FERTILE CRESCENT. TIGRIS RIVER. EUPHRATES RIVER. JORDAN RIVER. LAND OF MILK AND HONEY. SUB-REGIONS. CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION. ARABIAN PENINSULA. 90% IS DESERT NO PERMANENT RIVERS WADIS OASIS UNDERGROUND SPRINGS COME FROM THE MOUNTAINS

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MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY

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  1. MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY FOUR REGIONS

  2. FERTILE CRESCENT TIGRIS RIVER EUPHRATES RIVER JORDAN RIVER

  3. LAND OF MILK AND HONEY SUB-REGIONS CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION

  4. ARABIAN PENINSULA • 90% IS DESERT • NO PERMANENT RIVERS • WADIS • OASIS • UNDERGROUND SPRINGS • COME FROM THE MOUNTAINS • CITIES DEVELOPED • MECCA, MEDINA, RIYADH RUB AL-KHALI

  5. NORTH AFRICA THE SAHARA DESERT OR WASTELAND

  6. 3 THINGS FORMED THE SAHARA ATLAS MOUNTAINS

  7. SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURE

  8. OVERGRAZING

  9. WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE IN NORTH AFRICA? NILE RIVER MONSOONS WHAT FEEDS THE NILE SO IT CONTINUES TO RUN THROUGH A DESERT REGION?

  10. MOUNTAINS AND PLATEAUS • WHAT CAUSED THIS LANDSCAPE? • EARTHQUAKES • 3 IMPORTANT STRAITS • DARDANELLES • BOSPORUS • HORMUZ BOSPORUS PONTIC MTS. DARDANELLES HORMUZ

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