Water features
A water feature found in the middle of the desert
What is Oasis?
This is a farming tactic
What is Drip irrigation
What is the process when the winds evaporate and soil moisturizes. The roaming chemical salt?
What is Salt flat
A resource that is very limited but is used to power almost everything
Oil
What are some dangers in transporting oil?
oil spills
Contamination
A landlocked salt lake
What is Dead Sea?
This is the removal of salt from water.
What is Desalination
What is the desert known as the empty region?
What is Rub al-Khali
A resource that was previously used to power most things
Coal
Where are the major oil fields in the region located?
Arabian Peninsula
Iran
Iraq
What river goes through the mountains of Lebanon
What is Jordan river?
This is a form of oil
Crude oil
How do the landforms of the region restrict movement?
harsh winds, very dry, sandy, and rugged mountains
Minerals that are not metal
Nonmetallic minerals
This is when when the liquid products are poisoned
Contamination
Water pumped from underground aquifers
What is Fossil Water?
This is used to convert crude oil.
What is refinery
What are the most valuable resources in the region and why are they valuable?
oil, water, coal, and metallic minerals
A very conductive material that is found in many electronics
Copper
What are some examples of the ways in which water is provided in the
dams, drip irrigation, desalinization, and pumping water from underground aquifers
The 2 rivers that flow through the Fertile Crescent
WhT is Tigris and Euphrates?
This is the development of industries in a country
Industrialization
How large are the oil reserves in the region?
one-half of the world's oil reserves
A metal is a material that, when freshly prepared, polished, or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well
Metallic minerals
In what ways do major water projects cause political problems?
creates conflict because the water flows through several countries