Geography of the River Valley Civilizations

Mesopotamia -The Tigris & Euphrates River System

Mesopotamia: “Land Between the Two Rivers”

Mesopotamia: “Land Between the Two Rivers”

Marsh Arabs, So. IraqMarsh Arabs, So. Iraq

Egypt: The “Gift of the Nile”

Annual Nile FloodingAnnual Nile Flooding

Nile DeltaNile Delta

95% of the Egyptian people live on 5% of the land!

95% of the Egyptian people live on 5% of the land!

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

TheJordan RiverSystem:

Israel & Jordan--A Fight OverWater Rights?

Bodies of Water

TigrisRiver

Nile River

EuphratesRiverJordan

RiverPersian Gulf

ArabianSea

Mediterranean Sea

IndianOcean

Red Sea

Black Sea

Caspian Sea

Mountains and Plateaus of the Middle East

Atlas Mts.

Elburz M

ts.

Taurus Mts.

Zagros Mts.

Iranian Plateau

AnatolianPlateau

Caucasus Mts.

Hejaz Mts.

Deserts of the Middle East

Sahara Desert

ArabianDesert

NegevDesert

SinaiDesert

Libyan Desert

Rubal-Khali

Map of the Middle East

TigrisRiver

Nile River

EuphratesRiverJordan

River Persian Gulf

ArabianSea

Mediterranean Sea

IndianOcean

Red Sea

Black Sea

Gulf of Aden

Strait ofHormuz

Suez Canal

Dardanelles Strait

AtlanticOcean

Gulf ofOman

Caspian Sea

ArabianDesert

NegevDesert

SinaiDesert

Rubal-Khali

Atlas Mts.

Elburz M

ts.

Taurus Mts.

Zagros Mts.

Iranian Plateau

AnatolianPlateau

Caucasus Mts.

Hejaz Mts.

Sahara Desert

Libyan Desert

The Fertile Crescent

Bodies of Water of China

Bodies of Water of China

Huang-He

River

Yellow Sea

Yangtze River

Pacific Ocean

Amur River

Xi River

SouthChinaSea

Sea of

Japan

Deserts & Plateaus of China

Deserts & Plateaus of China

Tibetan Plateau

Taklamakan Desert

Gobi Desert

Monsoon Precipitation Patterns of South AsiaMonsoon Precipitation Patterns of South Asia

The Indus River System

1,975 miles long

Bodies of Water of South Asia

Indus

R.

Ganges R.

Brahmaputra R.

Arabian Sea

Indian Ocean

Bay ofBengal

Deserts / Plateaus of South Asia

Thar

Desert

DeccanPlateau

TibetanPlateau

Elevation Levels of South Aisa

Completed Map of South Asia

Indus

R.

Ganges R.

Brahmaputra R.

Arabian Sea

Indian Ocean

Bay ofBengal

Himalayas

Mt. Everest

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Karakoran Mts.

Hindu Kush

Vindhya Hills

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Thar

Desert

DeccanPlateau

TibetanPlateau

Indo-GangeticPlain

What do all of these places have in Common?

• Rivers – Fresh Water• Valleys• Natural Geographic Barriers• Temperate Climates• Arable Land – good soil for farming• Trade Routes by water and land