mountains and landforms
what climate do mountain ranges and plateaus have
highland climate
what is the reason that areas on the Mediterranean coast are heavily populated?
comfortable climate
how many years can pass without rain in the Rub al-Khali desert?
10 years
What is the dead sea?
landlocked salt lake that only bacteria live in
what is drip irrigation?
when small pipes slowly drip water just above ground
some rough, dry terrain includes what landforms?
sand dunes and salt flats
when was the largest oil spill?
January 1991, during the Persian gulf war
what climate can be found at the edge of a desert?
semi-arid climate
Where does the Jordan River flow through?
flows through Lebanon’s Mt. Hermon between Isreal and Jordan
what are wadis?
What mountains help frame southern Asia?
Afghanistan's Hindu Kush Mountains.
Where are the oil fields located?
Arabian peninsula, Iran, and Iraq
where is the Syrian desert located?
between Lebanon, Isreal, Syria, and Fertile Crescent.
How many feet below sea level is the dead sea?
1,349
what is a salt flat?
when the loss of moisture in soil leaves chemical salts
where does the Arabian Peninsula lie?
between the red sea and the Persian Gulf
what was used to transform material into hydrocarbons?
pressure and heat
what is the Arabian Penninsula desert called?
Rub al-Khali
what is Isreal's National Water Carrier project?
a project where they take water from northern areas, and carry it to the central, south, and Negev Desert
what is desalinization?
the process of salt being removed from ocean water at treatment plants
what mountains separate Turkey from the rest of Southwest Asia?
Taurus mountains
what is Golan Heights?
plateau near the Jordan River, the Sea of Galilee.
what is the name of Iran's salt flat desert located in eastern Iran?
Dasht-e Lut
What rivers flow through Turkey, Syria, and Iraq?
the tigris and euphrates
what is crude oil?
petroleum that hasn't been processed