MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY FOUR REGIONS
Feb 23, 2016
MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY
FOUR REGIONS
FERTILE CRESCENT
TIGRIS RIVEREUPHRATES RIVER
JORDAN RIVER
SUB-REGIONS
CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION
LAND OF MILK AND HONEY
ARABIAN PENINSULA 90% IS DESERT NO PERMANENT RIVERS
WADIS OASIS
UNDERGROUND SPRINGS COME FROM THE
MOUNTAINS CITIES DEVELOPED
MECCA, MEDINA, RIYADHRUB AL-KHALI
NORTH AFRICA
THE SAHARA
DESERT OR WASTELAND
3 THINGS FORMED THE SAHARA
ATLAS MOUNTAINS
SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURE
OVERGRAZING
WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE IN NORTH AFRICA?
NILE RIVERWHAT FEEDS THE NILE SO IT CONTINUES TO RUN THROUGH A DESERT REGION?
MONSOONS
MOUNTAINS AND PLATEAUS
PONTIC MTS.
WHAT CAUSED THIS LANDSCAPE?
EARTHQUAKES
3 IMPORTANT STRAITS DARDANELLES BOSPORUS HORMUZ
DARDANELLESBOSPORUS
HORMUZ