What is the most common environmental issue in the Middle East?๐คค
Water Pollution.๐
What is a another name for the location of Southwest Asia?๐ฑโ๐
The Middle East.๐ถ
Because of what physical feature, is there a lack of water in the Middle East?๐คทโโ๏ธ
Deserts.โ๐
What is a cause of agricultural waste?๐
Pesticides are washed into rivers or seep into groundwater.๐
What is the most common physical feature in the Middle East?๐
Deserts make up 66% of the area.๐
What is the main natural resource found in the Middle East?๐
Oil.๐
What is a main cause of human waste?๐ซ
Towns without proper sewage systems dumping untreated waste directly into rivers.๐ช
What two rivers run parallel to one another and are connected by the Persian Gulf?โบ
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers.๐ค
What is one cause of a lack of water in some countries and not others?๐
Dams.๐คฆโโ๏ธ
What does the water pollution problem come from?๐ค
Human sewage, agricultural waste, and industrial waste.๐ฌ
What body of water connects the Suez canal, with the Arabian Sea?๐ฅฑ
The Red Sea๐
What percent of the worlds freshwater resources does the Middle East have?๐ฑโ๐ค
Less than 1%.๐ฑโ๐
What percentage of the worlds freshwater is available to the Middle East's inhabitants?๐
Less than 1%.โ๐
What is a popular nickname for the Middle East?๐ฎ
"The Crossroads of the World" due to it being in the center of three continents๐ค
Because of what could cause an extensive amount of heat to the Middle East?๐
Its location to the equator.๐