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Southwest Asia

Southwest Asia. Climate and Resources. Water and Settlement of People in SW Asia. Civilizations arose in river valleys Ample supplies of water Agriculture thrives in moist areas along Mediterranean coast. Vegetation in SW Asia. Deciduous Forest and Mixed Forest more fertile

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Southwest Asia

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  1. Southwest Asia Climate and Resources

  2. Water and Settlement of People in SW Asia • Civilizations arose in river valleys • Ample supplies of water • Agriculture thrives in moist areas along Mediterranean coast

  3. Vegetation in SW Asia • Deciduous Forest and Mixed Forest more fertile • Receive more moisture from Mediterranean winds

  4. Arid Climate and Affects on Farming • Farming occurs along coast and along Tigris Euphrates rivers • Turkey and Iran have widespread farming • Most important food crop grown is grain

  5. Arid Climate and Affects on Farming • Region still must import food • Lack of enough fertile land and moisture • Even land suitable for farming has to be irrigated often • Limits what farmers can grow • Farmers dig terraced fields, low flat fields, along lower slopes of mountains • Easier to trap moisture crops need

  6. Economic Impact of Oil on Global Economy • Much of world’s supply comes SW Asia • Accounts for 60% of world’s supply • Oil rich nations located in desert lands around Persian Gulf • Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, UAE, Iran

  7. Impact Oil on SW Asian Nations • Oil rich nations are richer than those without oil • Able to build better cities • Able to offer people better services • Education, transportation, medical care • People in countries not oil rich take jobs in oil rich countries • Send money back home

  8. Fresh Water: A Valuable Resource • Scare resource found in arid environment • Demand resource increase as population increases

  9. Conflicts over Fresh Water Israel/Jordan over Jordan River • Only river Jordan has access to • Israel controls amount water Jordan receives • Turkey/Iraq and Syria over Euphrates River • Turkey controls flow of river • Dammed river • Iraq and Syria fear Turkey will use control to threaten them

  10. Depletion of Natural Resources • Forests, copper, gold, iron, zinc, lead have been depleted • Deforestation has caused problems • Erosion and loss of soil • No roots to hold soil • Wind and water strips ground of fertile soil

  11. SW Asia and Manufacturing • Not a major manufacturing center • Scattered resources hinder ability of industry to operate • Depletion of minerals • Coal and Chrome important to industries • Turkey has source of coal and chrome

  12. Key Vocabulary • Deforestation: removal of forests by cutting down the trees • Depletion/Depleted: exhausted, used up • “Black gold”: oil

  13. Key Vocabulary-cont. • Aquifers: geological formations that hold water • Wadis: dry streambeds found throughout desert regions • Water found few feet below surface • Irrigation: series of canals, pumps, and pipes that carry water to a place that needs it

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