GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES

EUPHRATES RIVER

• It's the longest river in western Asia, it flows for 1,740 miles from its source.
• Most of the water in the Euphrates River is from melting snow and rainfall.
• The Euphrates River flows through Turkey, Syria, and Iraq.
• Over 50 species of fish can be found in the Euphrates

GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES

CYPRUS

• It's the third-largest island in the Mediterranean
• It measures149 mi. long from end to end and 62 mi. wide at its widest point
• Cyprus suffers from a shortage of water. The country relies heavily on rain to provide household water.
• Dams remain the principal source of water both for domestic and agricultural use.

DEAD SEA

• It's surface and shores is 1,388 ft below sea level, making it Earth’s lowest elevation on land.
• The Dead Sea is roughly 8.6 times saltier than the ocean.
• Only minuscule quantities of bacteria and microbial fungi live here.
• It lies in the Jordan Rift Valley and its main tributary is the Jordan River.

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

• It connects with the Atlantic Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar.
• The largest rivers that flow into it are the Po, Rhône, Ebro, and Nile.
• Fish (about 400 species), sponges, and corals are plentiful.
• The region around the sea has a warm, dry climate characterized by abundant sunshine.

ARABIAN PENINSULA

• Arabia has few lakes or permanent rivers. Most areas are drained by wadis.
• Most of the Arabian Peninsula is unsuited to agriculture.
• A plateau more than 2,500 feet high extends across much of the Arabian Peninsula.
• The plateau slopes eastwards from the massive, rifted escarpment along the coast of the Red Sea, to the Persian Gulf.

RED SEA

• The Red Sea lies between arid land, desert and semi-desert.
• The Red Sea was formed by Arabia being split from Africa by movement of the Red Sea Rift.
• More than 1200 species of fish have been recorded in the Red Sea, and around 10% of these are found nowhere else.
• It's connected to the Indian Ocean in the south through the narrow Strait of Bab al Mandab and the Gulf of Aden.