1. Middle east [southwest asia] geographic vocabulary

2. fertile area in the desert where water is regularly available.

3. oasis

4. area built up by rich soil left on flood plain after rivers flood.

5. Alluvial plain

6. direction a river flows away from the source.

7. Down river

8. level land that may be flooded when a river overflows its banks.

9. Flood plain

10. fan shaped deposit of soil at the mouth of a river.

11. delta

12. large area of low land surrounded by higher elevation.

13. basin

14. flat topped mountains or rolling land at elevation.

15. plateau

16. narrow stretch of water connecting two larger bodies of water.

17. strait

18. land surrounded on three sides by water.

19. dry river bed that fills with water and floods when it rains in the desert.

20. wadis

21. the direction going toward the source of a river.
where a river begins.

22. River Source – upstream- downstream

23. underground layer of rock that water flows through.

24. aquifer

25. land that is often covered by water that develop into marshes or swamps.

26. wetlands

27. partly dry grassland found on the edge of a desert.

28. steppes