1. Climate and Vegetation in Southwest Asia
CHAPTER 21, SECTION 2
Climate and Vegetation in Southwest Asia

2. Variety in Arid Lands Look at the map on page 492.
Why is the interior of the Anatolian Plateau semiarid and the coastline Mediterranean?
RAINFALL IS GREATER NEAR THE SEA
AND LESS AWAY FROM THE SEA
What is the dominant climate region of this area?
DESERT

3. SANDY DESERTS THE RUB AL-KHALI IS THE WORLD’S LARGEST SAND DESERT.
IT IS CALLED “THE PLACE WHERE NO ONE COMES OUT.”
DUNES ARE AS HIGH AS 800 FEET AND THE TEMPERATURE CAN
REACH 150 DEGREES.

4. OTHER DESERTS ARE THE NEGEV DESERT IN ISRAEL AND THE SYRIAN DESERT IN SYRIA

5. WATER IN THE DESERT THERE IS WATER UNDER THE SAND IN THE DESERT.
WHERE IT EMERGES IS AN OASIS.

6. SALT FLAT DESERTS THE DASHTE KAVIR AND THE DASHTE LUT
ARE TWO SALT FLAT
DESERTS.
THEY ARE VERY HOT,
WITH QUICKSAND
AND SALT MARSHES

7. SEMI ARID LANDS LOOK AT THE MAP ON PAGE 492.
WHERE ARE THE SEMI-ARID LANDS FOUND?
THESE ARE GRASSLANDS AND AREAS WHERE HERDING IS DONE.
WHAT KINDS OF PRODUCTS COME FROM THESE SEMI-ARID LANDS?
MOHAIR FROM GOATS, COTTON, WHEAT

8. WHY WOULD THIS REGION OF TURKEY
COASTLANDS
Not all areas are dry or semi-arid.
Coastal regions are fertile with year-round crops.
WHY WOULD THIS REGION OF TURKEY
BE DENSELY POPULATED?