Geography of the River Valley Civilizations

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

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

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

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

Bodies of Water  Tigris River Nile River  Euphrates River  Jordan River  Persian Gulf Arabian Sea Mediterranean Sea Indian Ocean Red Sea Black Sea Caspian Sea

Mountains and Plateaus of the Middle East  Atlas Mts.  Elburz Mts. Taurus Mts.  Zagros Mts. Iranian Plateau Anatolian Plateau Caucasus Mts. Hejaz Mts.

Deserts of the Middle East Sahara Desert Arabian Desert Negev Desert Sinai Desert Libyan Desert Rub al-Khali

Map of the Middle East  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

The Fertile Crescent

Bodies of Water of China Huang-He River Y e l l o w S e a Yangtze River Pacific Ocean Amur River Xi River South China Sea Sea of Japan

Deserts & Plateaus of China Tibetan Plateau Taklamakan Desert Gobi Desert

Monsoon Precipitation Patterns of South Asia

The Indus River System 1,975 miles long

Bodies of Water of South Asia Indus R. Ganges R. Brahmaputra R. Arabian Sea Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal

Deserts / Plateaus of South Asia Thar Desert Deccan Plateau Tibetan Plateau

Elevation Levels of South Aisa

Completed Map of South Asia Indus R. Ganges R. Brahmaputra R. Arabian Sea Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal Himalayas Mt. Everest ▲ Karakoran Mts. Hindu Kush Vindhya Hills Eastern Ghats Western Ghats Thar Desert Deccan Plateau Tibetan Plateau Indo-Gangetic Plain

What do all of these places have in Common? Rivers – Fresh Water Valleys Natural Geographic Barriers Temperate Climates Arable Land – good soil for farming Trade Routes by water and land