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The Geography of the Middle East

The Geography of the Middle East. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY. The Middle East Today: Political Map. 19. 4-->. 17. 11-->. 6. 7. 1. 8-->. 9. <--10. 5. 3-->. 16. 15-->. 20. 14. 21. Middle East? OR Near East? OR Southwest Asia? OR….?.

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The Geography of the Middle East

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  1. The Geography of the Middle East Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

  2. The Middle East Today:Political Map 19 4--> 17 11--> 6 7 1 8--> 9 <--10 5 3--> 16 15--> 20 14 21

  3. Middle East? OR Near East?OR Southwest Asia? OR….?

  4. Bodies of Water Black Sea Caspian Sea AtlanticOcean TigrisRiver Mediterranean Sea EuphratesRiver JordanRiver Suez Canal Strait ofHormuz PersianGulf Nile River Gulf ofOman RedSea ArabianSea Gulf of Aden IndianOcean

  5. Suez Canal Completed by the British in 1869

  6. The Tigris & EuphratesRiver System Mesopotamia: ”Land Between the Two Rivers” Marsh Arabs, So. Iraq

  7. Dust Storms Along the Tigris-Euphrates Flood Plains

  8. TheJordan RiverSystem: Israel & Jordan--A Fight OverWater Rights?

  9. Dead Sea: Lowest Point on Earth 2,300’ below sea level HighestSaltContent(33%)

  10. Mountains & Plateaus Caucasus Mts. AnatolianPlateau Elburz Mts. Iranian Plateau Taurus Mts. Zagros Mts. Atlas Mts. Hejaz Mts.

  11. Mountain Ranges in Mid-East Elburz Mts., Iran Zagros Mts., Iran Lebanese Mts. Taurus Mts., Turkey

  12. Deserts NegevDesert SinaiDesert Libyan Desert ArabianDesert Rubal-Khali Sahara Desert

  13. Desert Bedouins

  14. Rub al-Khali:“The Empty Quarter”

  15. Desert Oases: Water at a Premium!

  16. Fresh Groundwater Sources

  17. DesalinizationPlants

  18. Fertile Crescent

  19. The Fertile Crescent

  20. Completed Map Caucasus Mts. Black Sea Caspian Sea AnatolianPlateau Elburz Mts. AtlanticOcean Mediterranean Sea TigrisRiver EuphratesRiver Iranian Plateau Taurus Mts. Jordan River Zagros Mts. Atlas Mts. NegevDesert SinaiDesert Suez Canal Strait ofHormuz ArabianDesert Persian Gulf Libyan Desert Nile River Gulf ofOman Rubal-Khali Red Sea Hejaz Mts. Sahara Desert ArabianSea Gulf of Aden IndianOcean

  21. The Middle East vs. the U. S.Latitude Lines

  22. Middle East: Climate Regions

  23. Middle East: Population Density

  24. The Middle East:Natural Vegetation

  25. The Natural Resources of theMiddle East

  26. World Oil Reserves

  27. Persian Gulf Oil Exports (2003)

  28. Saudi Oil Fields & Refineries

  29. Kuwait: An Island Floating on a Sea of Oil KuwaitCity

  30. Leading U. S. Oil Suppliers The U. S. imports 30% of its oil needs from the Middle East.

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