South West Asia: Physical Flashcards
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Major bodies of water
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Aegean Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Dead Sea, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Antalya, Gulf of Aqaba, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Suez, Lake Urmia , Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea
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Rivers
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Diyala R., Euphrates R, Jordan R,Tigris R.
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Major landforms
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Anatolia , An Nafūd (desert), Arabian Peninsula, Elburz Mountains, Dasht-e-Kavīr (great Salt Desert), Hindu Kush, Khyber Pass, Kopet-Dag (mountains), Lebanon Mountains, Mesopotamia, Negev (desert), Plateau of Iran, Pontic Mountains, Rub’al-Khali (great sandy desert), Syrian desert, Taurus Mountains, Zagros Mountains