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Physical Geography of Southwest Asia

Physical Geography of Southwest Asia . Arabian Peninsula . Separated from Africa by the Red Sea and the rest of Asia by the Persian Gulf . The colored areas make up the Arabian Peninsula. Suez Canal . Goods from Asia flow from this canal to ports in Europe and North Africa .

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Physical Geography of Southwest Asia

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  1. Physical Geography of Southwest Asia

  2. Arabian Peninsula • Separated from Africa by the Red Sea and the rest of Asia by the Persian Gulf The colored areas make up the Arabian Peninsula

  3. Suez Canal • Goods from Asia flow from this canal to ports in Europe and North Africa Suez Canal website

  4. Plains and Highlands • Much of the Arabian Peninsula is covered by plains and highlands • Causes dry, sandy and windy conditions • Wadis- riverbeds that remain dry for most of the year except during rainy season

  5. Climate • Southwest Asia is extremely arid • Most areas receive less than 18 inches of rain per year • Covered with rough, dry terrain that varies from huge tracts of sand dunes to great salt flats

  6. Deserts • The most famous desert in this region is the Rub al-Khali • Know as the “Empty Quarter” • The size of Texas and located on the Arabian Peninsula • Locally called “place where no one comes out”

  7. Scarcity • Water is the most scarce resource in the region. • It’s availability determines where people live, their economic activities, even their diet and health.

  8. 2 Most Important Rivers • Tigris and Euphrates • Supported several ancient river valley civilizations in an area called the fertile crescent • Flow parallel to each other for hundreds of miles before joining at Shatt al Arab

  9. Why would people rather live here?

  10. Abundant Resources • Oil • One-half of the world’s oil reserves are found in Southwest Asia, along the coast of the Persian Gulf

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