1. The Geography of the Middle East
Jacky Hallam

2. The Middle East Today: Political Map

3. The Middle East Today: Physical Map

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

5. 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

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

7. 95% of the Egyptian people live on 5% of the land!
Egypt: The “Gift of the Nile”
Nile Delta
Annual Nile Flooding
95% of the Egyptian people live on 5% of the land!

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

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

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

11. Deserts Negev Desert Sinai Desert Libyan Desert Arabian Desert
Rub al-Khali
Sahara Desert

12. Desert Bedouins

13. Breeding Areas of Desert Locusts

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

15. Desert Oases: Water at a Premium!

16. The Fertile Crescent

17. Completed Map Caucasus Mts. Black Sea Caspian Sea Dardanelles Strait
Anatolian Plateau
Elburz Mts.
Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Iranian Plateau
Taurus Mts.
Jordan River
Zagros Mts.
Atlas Mts.
Negev Desert
Sinai Desert
Suez Canal
Strait of Hormuz
Arabian Desert
Persian Gulf
Libyan Desert
Nile River
Gulf of Oman
Rub al-Khali
Red Sea
Hejaz Mts.
Sahara Desert
Arabian Sea
Gulf of Aden
Indian Ocean

18. Middle East: Climate Regions

19. Middle East: Population Density

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

21. The Natural Resources of the Middle East

22. World Oil Reserves

23. Persian Gulf Oil Exports (2003)

24. Saudi Oil Fields & Refineries

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