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Southwest Asia and North Africa

Southwest Asia and North Africa. Physical Geography. Location. People call Southwest Asia different names depending on who you talk to!. Southwest Asia is also called the Middle East It is called the crossroads of Europe, Africa, and Asia . Climate.

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Southwest Asia and North Africa

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  1. Southwest Asia and North Africa Physical Geography

  2. Location People call Southwest Asia different names depending on who you talk to! • Southwest Asia is also called the Middle East • It is called the crossroads of Europe, Africa, and Asia

  3. Climate Take it from me. The Sahara Desert is hot! • Most of the area is desert or semiarid climate • Sahara Desert in North Africa is the largest desert in the world • Sahel is a region south of the Sahara (dry but not entirely desert)

  4. Sahara Desert

  5. Hazards • Desertification is when the desert expands due to human and natural conditions • A drought is a long period of time without rain

  6. Droughts

  7. Mountains Dudes, I didn’t make it across the mountains! • Atlas – located in northwest Africa • Taurus – located in southern Turkey • Zagros – located in Iran • Find them on your map!

  8. Water Features • Mediterranean Sea • Red Sea • Black Sea • Arabian Sea • Persian/Arabian Gulf • Strait of Hormuz (connects Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea) • Bosporus Strait • Dardanelles Strait • Nile River (located in Egypt) • Tigris River (located in Iraq) • Euphrates River (located in Iraq) • Jordan River (located in Israel)

  9. Suez Canal • Human made waterway connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea • Owned by Egypt

  10. Suez Canal

  11. Bosporus/Dardanelles • These are narrow straits that connect the Black Sea with the Mediterranean Sea • Istanbul is located on the Dardanelles

  12. Soil • Areas near the rivers will flood during the wet season • Some areas of alluvial soils • Deltas near the Nile and Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

  13. Tigris and Euphrates Delta

  14. Oasis/Wadi An oasis can save your life in the desert! • An Oasis is an area in the desert that has water and vegetation can grow • A wadi is a dry riverbed in the desert that will fill with water when it rains

  15. Oasis/Wadi

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