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Physical Geography of Southwest Asia - Coggle Diagram
Physical Geography of Southwest Asia
Physical Features
earthquakes
mountains and plateaus
mountain passes
Khyber pass connects Kabul, Afghanistan to Peshawar, Pakistan
Hindu Kush range borders Afghanistan and Pakistan
Ararat volcano
Anatolian plateau
Bodies of water
Mediterranean sea
Black sea
Red sea busiest
Suez canal
Arabian sea
Indian ocean
Persian gulf
Strait of Hormuz
Caspian sea
Dead sea lowest sea in world
Tigres River
Euphrates river
Deserts
Arabian desert covers most of Arabian peninsula
Rocky plateaus
gravel covered plains
salt crusted flats
flows of black lava
sand seas (unbroken expanses of sand)
Largest sand sea in the world is Rub' al-Khali or empty quarter
empty quarter cannot support permanent human settlements except Bedouin
oasis
Asia's climates
very dry
water is a scarce resource
not a lot of rain comes but, when it comes there is a lot of it
semiarid (somewhat dry)
found in highlands and mountain ranges
In eastern Turkey, western Iran, central Afghanistan temperatures vary between summer and winter
wadis
Natural resources
fossil fuels
oil
produce energy such as gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil, and industrial fuel oil
natural gas
Petrolium
makes products such as plastics, bicycle tires, and cloth fiber
largest known deposits of petroleum are in Southwest Asia
coal deposits
mineral resources
fertilizers
iron, copper, gold, cobalt, lithium