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

3. Middle East? OR Near East? OR Southwest Asia? OR….?

4. Bodies of Water  Tigris River Nile River  Euphrates River  Jordan River  Persian Gulf Mediterranean Sea Indian Ocean Red Sea  Gulf of Aden Strait of  Hormuz Suez Canal  Atlantic Ocean

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

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

7. Aswan High Dam, Egypt Hydroelectric Power Plant

8. Suez Canal Completed by the British in 1869

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

10. Dust Storms Along the Tigris-Euphrates Flood Plains

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

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

13. Wadis – Instant Springs

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

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

16. Deserts Sahara Desert Arabian Desert Negev Desert Sinai Desert Rub al-Khali

17. Desert Bedouins

18. Rub al-Khali: “The Empty Quarter”

19. Desert Oases: Water at a Premium!

20. Fresh Groundwater Sources

21. Desalinization Plants

22. Fertile Crescent

23. The Fertile Crescent

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

25. Middle East: Climate Regions

26. Middle East: Population Density

27. The Middle East: Natural Vegetation

28. The Natural Resources of the Middle East