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Countries of the

Middle East

Map of North AfricaWe will include North Africa

with our studies of the Middle East

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Taurus Mountains

Zagros Mountains

Major mountains

in the Middle East

Mediterranean Sea

Red Sea

Persian Gulf

Arabian Sea

Major bodies of water in the Middle

East

Black Sea

Caspian Sea

Tigris River

Euphrates River

Nile River

Major rivers of

the Middle East

Tigris River

Euphrates River

So…looking at these two rivers, where do you think they begin?

In which body of water do they empty?

Tigris River

Euphrates River

The Tigris begins in the

Caucasus Mountains and the Euphrates begins in the

Taurus Mountains

Tigris River

Euphrates River

They both come

together to empty into the Persian

Gulf.

Nile River

Where do you think the Nile River

begins and in what body of

water does it empty?

Nile River

You are correct…the

Nile River empties into

the Mediterranean

Sea.

Nile River

But how can that be???

The Mediterranean

Sea is NORTH of Nile River!

That’s because the

Nile River actually

flows NORTH… out of the Ethiopian Highlands and Lake Victoria to

the SOUTH!

Deserts of the Middle East

Sahara Desert

Syrian Desert

Nufad Desert

Rub Al-Khali or Empty Quarter

Atlas Mountains

One more

mountain range

you need to know

A couple more landforms and

we will be finished!!!

Arabian Peninsula

Sinai Peninsula

Is it true? Can it be?

Are you joking my friend?

Are we there, really real?

Have we indeed reached …