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Physical Features of Southwest and Central Asia

K2 (Mt. Godwin Austen)(28,250 ft.8,611 m)

Dead Sea(-1,349 ft.-411 m)

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Caspian Depression

Tauru s Mts.

Caucasus Mts.

ARABIAN

PENINSULA

R u b a l K h a l i

( E m p t y Q u a r t e r )

Sy r i a nD e s e r t Dasht-e Kavir

(Great Salt Desert)

KAZAKH

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LakeBalkhash

LakeYsyk

LakeUrmia

Strait of Hormuz

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Gulf of Oman

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Mountain peak

FeetOver 10,000

5,001–10,0002,001–5,0001,001–2,000

0–1,000Below sea level

MetersOver 3,0501,526–3,050611–1,525306–6100–305Below sea level

Elevation

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Climate Zones of Southwest and Central Asia

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Climate Zones

Highlands

Humid continental

Humid subtropical

Mediterranean

Arid

Semiarid

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Vegetation Zones of Southwest and Central Asia

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Vegetation Zones

Ice cap

Highlands

Desert

Desert scrub

Temperate grassland

Tropical grassland

Chaparral

Mixed forest(deciduous and coniferous)

Coniferous forest

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Population Density of Southwest and Central Asia

Jeddah

Amman

Almaty

Esfahan

Kabul

Tashkent

Mashhad

Baku

Rawalpindi

Yerevan

Tbilisi

Shiraz

Tabriz

Mosul

Tel Aviv-Yafo

Kuwait City

Dubayy

Beirut

Faisalabad

Gujranwala

Hyderabad

Multan

Peshawar

Mecca

Aleppo

Damascus

Adana

Ankara

Bursa

Izmir

Sanaa

Riyadh

Lahore

Basra

Istanbul

Karachi

TehranBaghdad

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Per sq. kmOver 10050–10010–501–10Under 1

Population Density

Urban PopulationNumber of PeopleOver 8,000,0004,000,000–8,000,0001,000,000–4,000,000

Per sq. mi.Over 250125–25025–125

2–25Under 2

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Economic Activity of Southwest and Central Asia

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Land Use Resources

Subsistence farming

Commercial farming

Nomadic herding

Livestock raising

Commercial fishing

Trade and manufacturing

Little or no activity

Coal

Hydroelectric power

Iron

Natural gas

Petroleum (oil)

Precious metals(gold, silver, copper)

Uranium

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