1. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
The
Geography
of the
Middle East
Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

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

3. Bodies of Water Caspian Sea Black Sea Dardanelles Strait
Atlantic Ocean
Tigris River
Mediterranean Sea
Euphrates River
Jordan River
Suez Canal
Strait of Hormuz
Persian Gulf
Nile River
Gulf of Oman
Red Sea
Arabian Sea
Gulf of Aden
Indian Ocean

4. Completed by the British in 1869
Suez Canal
Completed by the British in 1869

5. Mesopotamia: ”Land Between the Two Rivers”
The Tigris & Euphrates River System
Mesopotamia: ”Land Between the Two Rivers”

6. Dust Storms Along the Tigris-Euphrates Flood Plains

7. The Jordan River System:
Israel & Jordan--A Fight Over Water Rights?

8. Dead Sea: Lowest Point on Earth
Highest Salt Content (33%)

9. Wadis – Instant Springs

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

11. Desert Bedouins

12. Swarms of Desert Locusts!
Israel Hit By Worst Locust Plague Since the 1950s!
Locusts Swarm the Pyramids Complex at Giza!

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

14. Desert Oases: Water at a Premium!

15. Desalinization
Plants
Jubail

16. Fertile Crescent

17. The Fertile Crescent

18. World Oil Reserves

19. Persian Gulf Oil Exports
OPEC
Top World Oil
Net Exporters, 2013
(Thousand Barrels per Day)

20. Saudi Oil Fields & Refineries

21. Kuwait: An Island Floating on a Sea of Oil
Kuwait City

22. Leading U. S. Oil Suppliers
• The U.S. only imports 40% of the oil it uses; the other 60% is produced in the U.S.
• Half of the oil the U.S. imports is from North and South America; only 28% of imported oil comes from the Middle East