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The Middle East vs. the U. S. Latitude Lines
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Middle East? OR Near East? OR Southwest Asia? OR….?
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Bodies of Water Tigris River Nile River Euphrates River Jordan River Persian Gulf Mediterranean Sea Indian Ocean Red Sea Gulf of Aden Strait of Hormuz Suez Canal Atlantic Ocean
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The Mighty Nile River: “Longest River in the World”
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Egypt: The “Gift of the Nile” Annual Nile Flooding Nile Delta 95% of the Egyptian people live on 5% of the land!
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Aswan High Dam, Egypt Hydroelectric Power Plant
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Suez Canal Completed by the British in 1869
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The Tigris & Euphrates River System Mesopotamia: ”Land Between the Two Rivers” Marsh Arabs, So. Iraq
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Dust Storms Along the Tigris-Euphrates Flood Plains
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The Jordan River System: Israel & Jordan--A Fight Over Water Rights?
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Dead Sea: Lowest Point on Earth Highest Salt Content (33%) 2,300’ below sea level
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Wadis – Instant Springs
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Mountains & Plateaus Atlas Mts. Elburz Mts. Taurus Mts. Zagros Mts. Iranian Plateau Anatolian Plateau Caucasus Mts. Hejaz Mts.
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Mountain Ranges in Mid-East Elburz Mts., Iran Zagros Mts., Iran Lebanese Mts. Taurus Mts., Turkey
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Deserts Sahara Desert Arabian Desert Negev Desert Sinai Desert Rub al-Khali
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Desert Bedouins
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Rub al-Khali: “The Empty Quarter”
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Desert Oases: Water at a Premium!
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Fresh Groundwater Sources
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Desalinization Plants
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Fertile Crescent
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The Fertile Crescent
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Completed Map Tigris River Nile River Euphrates River Jordan River Persian Gulf Arabian Sea Mediterranean Sea Indian Ocean Red Sea Black Sea Gulf of Aden Strait of Hormuz Suez Canal Dardanelles Strait Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Oman Caspian Sea Arabian Desert Negev Desert Sinai Deser t Rub al-Khali Atlas Mts. Elburz Mts. Taurus Mts. Zagros Mts. Iranian Plateau Anatolian Plateau Caucasus Mts. Hejaz Mts. Sahara Desert Libyan Desert
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Middle East: Climate Regions
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Middle East: Population Density
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The Middle East: Natural Vegetation
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The Natural Resources of the Middle East
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