Jacky Hallam
The Middle East Today: Political Map
The Middle East Today: Physical Map
Middle East? OR Near East? OR Southwest Asia? OR…. ?
Bodies of Water Ca iterr a a Se Med an Atlantic Ocean i sp Black Sea Dardanelles Strait Tigris Euphrates n Se River a Jordan River Pe Suez Canal nea rs d Re Nile River ian a Se Strait of Gu Hormuz lf Gulf of Oman Arabian Sea Gulf of Aden Indian Ocean
The Mighty Nile River: “Longest River in the World”
Egypt: The “Gift of the Nile” Nile Delta Annual Nile Flooding 95% of the Egyptian people live on 5% of the land!
Aswan High Dam, Egypt Hydroelectric Power Plant
Suez Canal Completed by the British in 1869
Mountain Ranges in Mid-East Elburz Mts. , Iran Lebanese Mts. Zagros Mts. , Iran Taurus Mts. , Turkey
Deserts Libyan Desert Sahara Desert Negev Sinai Desert Arabian Desert Rub al-Khali
Desert Bedouins
Breeding Areas of Desert Locusts
Swarms of Desert Locusts! Israel Hit By Worst Locust Plague Since the 1950 s! Locusts Swarm the Pyramids Complex at Giza!
Desert Oases: Water at a Premium!
The Fertile Crescent
Completed Map. Ca Caucasus Mts. bu r El a Se Atlantic Ocean z an M i sp ts Black Sea Dardanelles Strait Anatolian Plateau Med iterr ane Tigris ts. an S Euphrates Iranian M ea s ru Jordan River Zagros Plateau u Atlas Mts. River Negev Ta Sinai PMts. er Suez Canal Desert Strait of sia Desert n G Hormuz Arabian Libyan Desert Nile ulf Gulf Desert River Rub of al-Khali Oman Se M jaz He a d Re ts. Sahara Desert Arabian Sea Gulf of Aden Indian Ocean
Middle East: Climate Regions
Middle East: Population Density
Cairo, Egypt: Most Populated City in the Middle East 17, 000+ People!
The Natural Resources of the Middle East
World Oil Reserves
Persian Gulf Oil Exports (2003)
Saudi Oil Fields & Refineries
Leading U. S. Oil Suppliers The U. S. imports 30% of its oil needs from the Middle East.