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

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

4. Aswan High Dam, Egypt Hydroelectri c Power Plant

5. Suez Canal Completed by the British in 1869

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

7. Dust Storms Along the Tigris-Euphrates Flood Plains

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

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

10. Wadis – Instant Springs

11. Mountains & Plateaus  Atlas Mts.  Elburz Mts. Taurus Mts.  Zagros Mts. Iranian Plateau Anatolian Plateau Caucasus Mts. Hejaz Mts.

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

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

14. Desert Bedouins

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

16. Rub al-Khali: “The Empty Quarter”

17. Desert Oases: Water at a Premium!

18. Fresh Groundwater Sources

19. Desalinization Plants

20. Fertile Crescent

21. The Fertile Crescent

22. 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 Desert Rub al-Khali  Atlas Mts.  Elburz Mts. Taurus Mts.  Zagros Mts. Iranian Plateau Anatolian Plateau Caucasus Mts. Hejaz Mts. Sahara Desert Libyan Desert

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

24. Middle East: Climate Regions

25. Middle East: Population Density

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

27. The Middle East: Natural Vegetation

28. The Natural Resources of the Middle East

29. World Oil Reserves

30. Persian Gulf Oil Exports (2003)

31. Saudi Oil Fields & Refineries

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

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