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The Geography of the Middle East

The Geography of the Middle East. The Middle East Today: Political Map. 19. 4-->. 17. 18. 11-->. 6. 7. 1. 13. 8-->. 9. <--10. 2. 12. 5. 3-->. 16. 15-->. 20. 14. 21. Middle East? OR Southwest Asia? . The Middle East vs. the U. S. Latitude Lines.

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The Geography of the Middle East

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  1. The Geography of the Middle East

  2. The Middle East Today:Political Map 19 4--> 17 18 11--> 6 7 1 13 8--> 9 <--10 2 12 5 3--> 16 15--> 20 14 21

  3. Middle East? OR Southwest Asia?

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

  5. Middle East: Climate Regions

  6. The Middle East:Natural Vegetation Diversity in climate/elevation/precipitation=diversity in vegetation

  7. Middle East: Population Density Where is the water??? Find fresh water and you find population concentration.

  8. Bodies of Water Black Sea Caspian Sea Dardanelles Strait AtlanticOcean TigrisRiver Mediterranean Sea EuphratesRiver Jordan River Suez Canal Strait ofHormuz Persian Gulf Nile River Gulf ofOman Red Sea ArabianSea Gulf of Aden IndianOcean

  9. Cairo, Egypt: Most Populated City in the Middle East 20,000,000 44,000 p/sq/mi

  10. The Mighty Nile River:“Longest River in the World”

  11. Egypt: The “Gift of the Nile” Nile Delta Annual Nile Flooding 95% of the Egyptian people live on 5% of the land!

  12. Suez Canal Completed by the British in 1869

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

  14. Fertile Crescent

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

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

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

  18. Deserts SinaiDesert Libyan Desert ArabianDesert Rubal-Khali Sahara Desert

  19. Dust Storms Along the Tigris-Euphrates Flood Plains

  20. Desert Bedouins Remember the “Adam” video?

  21. The Ships of the DesertArabian Camel! • Sway makes one seasick • Cruise at 2mph • 1,000 lb loads • Toes like snowshoes

  22. Bactrian Camel further east in Asia!

  23. No natural predators • Can withstand a massive amount of dehydration • Humps=fatty tissue • Omnivorous • Temperament? Docile and sweet • Stubborn and angry if ill treated • They spit…chew cud like cows

  24. Brow bone • Lashes protect from sandstorms • Toes like snowshoes • Hard pads to withstand heat

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

  26. Desert Oases: Water at a Premium!

  27. Wadis – Instant Springs

  28. DesalinizationPlants

  29. The Natural Resources of theMiddle East

  30. World Oil Reserves

  31. Saudi Oil Fields & Refineries

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

  33. What would the Regents Exam ask?DBQ June 2010 Throughout history, geographic factors (deserts/mts/rivers) have had a variety of effects on different regions. • Describe deserts/mts/rivers • Discuss the effect deserts/mts/rivers have had on a specific region.

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