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

4. Egypt: The “Gift of the Nile”
Nile Delta
Annual Nile Flooding
95% of the Egyptian people live on 5% of the land!

5. Hydroelectric Power Plant
Aswan High Dam, Egypt
Hydroelectric Power Plant

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

7. Mesopotamia: ”Land Between the Two Rivers”
The Tigris & Euphrates River System
Mesopotamia: ”Land Between the Two Rivers”
Marsh Arabs, So. Iraq

8. Dust Storms Along the Tigris-Euphrates Flood Plains

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

10. Dead Sea: Lowest Point on Earth Highest Salt Content (33%)
2,300’ below sea level
Highest Salt Content (33%)

11. Wadis – Instant Springs

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

13. Desert Bedouins

14. Breeding Areas of Desert Locusts

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

16. Rub al-Khali: “The Empty Quarter”

17. Desert Oases: Water at a Premium!

18. Desalinization Plants

19. The Fertile Crescent

20. The Middle East vs. the U. S. Latitude Lines

21. Middle East: Climate Regions

22. Middle East: Population Density

23. Cairo, Egypt: Most Populated City in the Middle East
17,000,000+ People!

24. The Middle East: Natural Vegetation

25. The Natural Resources of the Middle East

26. World Oil Reserves

27. Persian Gulf Oil Exports (2003)

28. Saudi Oil Fields & Refineries

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

30. Leading U. S. Oil Suppliers
The U. S. imports 30% of its oil needs from the Middle East.