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Unit 8 Places
Term | Definition |
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Atlas Mountains | Series of mountain ranges in northwestern Africa, running southwest to northwest. |
Caucasus Mountains | Mountain system and region lying between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. |
Arabian Peninsula | "Island of the Arabs." Arabia peninsular region located in the southwestern corner of Asia. |
Persian Gulf | "Arabian Gulf." Shallow marginal sea of the Indian Ocean that lies between the Arabian Peninsula and southwestern Iran. |
Sinai Peninsula | Triangular peninsula linking Africa and Asia. |
Anatolia | "Asia Minor." The peninsula of land that constitutes the Asian portion of Turkey. |
Dead Sea | "Sea of Death" and "Salt Sea." Landlocked salt lake between Israel and Jordan in southwestern Asia. |
Caspian Sea | World's largest inland body of water. Lies east of the Caucasus Mountains and to the west of the steppe of Central Asia. |
Aral Sea | A once-large saltwater lake of Central Asia. |
Nile River | Longest river in the world. Rises south of the equator and flows northward through northeastern Africa to drain into the Mediterranean Sea. |
Tigris River | One of the two main constituents of the Tigris-Euphrates river system. |
Euphrates River | Longest river in southwest Asia. One of the two main constituents of the Tigris-Euphrates river system. The river rises in Turkey and flows southwest across Syria and through Iraq. |
Sahara | Largest desert in the world. Fills nearly all of northern Africa. |
Rub' al-Khali | "Empty Quarter." Vast desert region in the southern Arabian Peninsula, constituting the largest portion of the Arabian Desert. |
Kara-Kum | Sandy region in Central Asia. |
Gulf of Aqaba | Northwestern arm of the Red Sea. Located between Saudi Arabia and the Sinai Peninsula. |
Strait of Hormuz | "Strait of Ormuz." Chanel linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. |
Aswan High Dam | Rockfill dam across the Nile River, at Aswan, Egypt. |