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Middle East

Middle East. Physical Geography. Seas & Peninsulas. Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Aral Sea Aral Sea ecological disaster Sinai Peninsula, Arabian Peninsula, Anatolian Peninsula . Rivers. Nile and Mesopotamia supported early civilizations

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Middle East

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  1. Middle East Physical Geography

  2. Seas & Peninsulas • Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Aral Sea • Aral Sea ecological disaster • Sinai Peninsula, Arabian Peninsula, Anatolian Peninsula

  3. Rivers Nile and Mesopotamia supported early civilizations Amu Darya and Syr Darya “feed” the Aral Sea wadis

  4. Physical Landforms • Coastal Plains support agriculture • Mts create rain shadow • Earthquakes from colliding plates

  5. Natural Resources • Extractive economies • 70 % of the world’s known oil reserves • 33% of natural gas • Other minerals • Fishing and agriculture

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