The Middle East vs. the U. S.

Latitude Lines

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

Bodies of Water

TigrisRiver

Nile River

Euphrates

RiverJordan River Persian Gulf

Mediterranean Sea

IndianOcean

Red Sea

Gulf of Aden

Strait ofHormuz

Suez Canal

The Mighty Nile River:

“Longest River in the World”

Egypt: The “Gift of the Nile”

Annual Nile Flooding

Annual 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!

Aswan High Dam, Egypt

Hydroelectric

Power Plant

Hydroelectric

Power Plant

Suez Canal

Completed by the British in 1869

Completed by the British in 1869

The Tigris & Euphrates

River System

Mesopotamia: ”Land Between the

Two Rivers”

Mesopotamia: ”Land Between the

Two Rivers”

Marsh Arabs, So. Iraq

Marsh Arabs, So. Iraq

Dust Storms Along the Tigris-Euphrates Flood Plains

TheJordan River

System:

Israel & Jordan--A Fight Over

Water Rights?

Dead Sea: Lowest Point on Earth

HighestSalt

Content(33%)

HighestSalt

Content(33%)

2,300’ below sea level

2,300’ below sea level

Wadis – Instant Springs

Mountains & Plateaus

Atlas Mts.

El

burz

Mts

.

Taurus

Mts. Zagros

Mts.

Iranian Plateau

AnatolianPlateau

Caucasus Mts.

Heja

z Mts.

Mountain Ranges in Mid-East

Elburz Mts., IranElburz Mts., Iran Zagros Mts., IranZagros Mts., Iran

Lebanese Mts.Lebanese Mts. Taurus Mts., TurkeyTaurus Mts., Turkey

Deserts

Sahara Desert

ArabianDesert

NegevDesert

SinaiDeser

tRub

al-Khali

Desert Bedouins

Rub al-Khali:“The Empty Quarter”

Desert Oases: Water at a Premium!

Fresh Groundwater Sources

Desalinization

Plants

Fertile Crescent

The Fertile Crescent

Completed Map

TigrisRiver

Nile River

Euphrates

RiverJordan River Persian Gulf

ArabianSea

Mediterranean Sea

IndianOcean

Red Sea

Black Sea

Gulf of Aden

Strait ofHormuz

Suez Canal

Dardanelles Strait

Atlantic

Ocean

Gulf of

Oman

Caspian

Sea

ArabianDesert

NegevDesert

SinaiDese

rt

Rubal-Khali

Atlas Mts.

El

burz

Mts

.

Taurus

Mts. Zagros

Mts.

Iranian Plateau

AnatolianPlateau

Caucasus Mts.

Heja

z Mts.Sahara Desert

Libyan Desert

Middle East: Climate Regions

Middle East: Population Density

The Middle East:Natural Vegetation

The Natural Resources of the

Middle East