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Physical features of Southwest Asia ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Climate
Dry, desert climates
or somewhat dry. These areas are found in the highlands and mountain ranges of the region
Semiarid
Mediterranean climate
prevails along Southwest Asia’s Mediterranean and Aegean coasts and across much of western Turkey
Winds blowing off the seas bring mild temperatures and moderate amounts of rainfall during the winter months. The summer months are warm and dry
Earthquakes
Places in South West Asia are very prone to earth quakes
Waterways
Seas
Dead sea
At 1,300 feet (396 m) below sea level, it ranks as the world’s lowest body of water
Caspian Sea
Persian Gulf
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
Red Sea
The Red Sea has been one of the world’s busiest waterways since Egypt’s Suez Canal, connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, was completed in 1869
A sea is any body of water that is salty no matter if its landlocked.
Rivers
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Wadis
Dried up water beds
A river, is always fresh water
Landforms
Mountains and plateaus formed by active plate tectonics can be seen throughout the region
They have been created over the past 100 million years by collisions between four tectonic plates
Kush Range
Between Afghanistan and Pakistan
Khyber Pass
The pass has served as a route for trade and invading armies for thousands of years
links the cities of Kabul, Afghanistan, and Peshawar, Pakistan
plateaus
Ararat
massive, snowcapped volcano that last erupted in 1840, An elevated area known as the Anatolian Plateau spreads across central and western Turkey
Arabian Peninsula
consists of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, and several other countries
It is a single, vast plateau that slopes gently from the southwest to the northwest.
alluvial plains
plain created by sediment deposited during floods
plain covers most of Iraq as well as eastern Syria and southeastern Turkey
area has been known since ancient times as Mesopotamia, which is Greek for “land between the rivers.” Thousands of years ago, one of the world’s earliest civilizations took root in the fertile lands of Mesopotamia
Deserts
Arabian Desert
covers nearly the entire Arabian Peninsula
made up of rocky plateaus, gravel-covered plains, salt-crusted flats, flows of black lava, and sand seas, which are unbroken expanses of sand
Empty Quarter
Sand sea
climate is so dry and hot that this starkly beautiful wilderness cannot support permanent human settlements
In some areas, nomadic people known as the Bedouin keep herds of camels, horses, and sheep
Oasis
Natural Recourses
Scarcity of water
Oil
crude oil
Crude oil is refined to produce energy sources such as gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil, and industrial fuel oil
simply oil
Petroleum
is the basic raw material used to make many other products, such as plastics, bicycle tires, and cloth fibers
Petroleum revenues have brought tremendous wealth to a few people in the exporting countries, but only in a relatively few areas has the wealth been used to improve the lives of the people or bring about modernization
Oil producers
world’s largest known deposits of petroleum are in Southwest Asia
Together, five countries that border the gulf—Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, and United Arab Emirates—hold more than half the oil that has been discovered in the world
Minerals
Large coal deposits are found in Turkey and Iran
Phosphates, used to make fertilizers, are mined in Iraq, Israel, and Syria
Afghanistan discovered enormous deposits of iron, copper, gold, cobalt, lithium, and other minerals such as rare earth elements used to make electronic devices
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