North Africa and Southwest Asia Flashcards
Sahel
The Sahel has a hot semi-arid climate and stretches across the southernmost latitudes of North Africa between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea
Sahara
The Sahara Desert is the world’s largest hot, non-polar desert and is located in North Africa. It extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the east, and from the Mediterranean Sea in the north to the Sahel savanna in the south.
Atlas Mountains
The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range in the Maghreb in North Africa. It separates the Sahara Desert from the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean
Taurus Mountains
mountain range in southern Turkey, a great chain running parallel to the Mediterranean coast. The system extends along a curve from Lake Egridir in the west to the upper reaches of the Euphrates River in the east.
Zagros Mountains
mountain range in southwestern Iran, extending northwest-southeast from the border areas of eastern Turkey and northern Iraq to the Strait of Hormuz
Red Sea
The Red Sea is a sea inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia.
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean is an intercontinental sea located between Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia and connected to the Atlantic Ocean through the strait of Gibraltar
Arabian Sea
a region of sea in the northern Indian Ocean, bounded on the west by the Arabian Peninsula
Persian/Arabian Gulf
The Persian Gulf is the body of water bordering Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Oman.
Strait of Hormuz
located between Oman and Iran, connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea.
Nile River
The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. Starts in lake Victoria (Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya).
Bosporus Strait
connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and forms one of the continental boundaries between Asia and Europe
Dardanelles Strait
Dardanelles, narrow strait in northwestern Turkey, linking the Aegean Sea with the Sea of Marmara.
Euphrates River
The Euphrates is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia
Tigris River
The Tigris is the eastern of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of the Armenian Highlands through the Syrian and Arabian Deserts, before merging with the Euphrates and reaching to the Persian Gulf. Wikipedia
Jordan River
The Jordan River or River Jordan, also known as Nahr Al-Sharieat, is a 251-kilometre-long river in the Levant that flows roughly north to south through the freshwater Sea of Galilee and on to the salt water Dead Sea. The river passes by Jordan, Syria, Israel, and the Palestinian territories.
