Mena Physical Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 alluvial soil | a fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds |
| wadi | gully or streambed in northern Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season |
| kum | Kums are deserts coverd in dunes in Central Asia and MENA. The dunes are created by winds that blow the sand into dune like shapes. They offer a big contrast to the abundant fields. |
| phosphate | Phosphate is an inorganic chemical used as a fertilizer. Morocco has the second largest production of phosphate in the world. |
| Red Sea | a long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and Arabia |
| Arabian Peninsula | Peninsula of Southwest Asia between the Red Sea and Persian Gulf. |
| Persian Gulf | a shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula |
| Sinai Peninsula | a peninsula in northeastern Egypt |
| Anatolia | a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey |
| Dead Sea | a saltwater lake on the border between Israel and Jordan |
| Caspian Sea | a large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River |
| Aral Sea | a lake east of the Caspian Sea lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan |
| Nile River | The world's longest river, which flows northward through East Africa into the Mediterranean Sea |
| Tigris River | A river in southwestern Asia that flows through the eastern part of the Fertile Crescent |
| Euphrates River | A river in southwestern Asia that flows through the southern part of the Fertile Crescent. |
| Atlas Mountains | a mountain range in northern Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara Desert |
| Caucasus Mountains | mountain range between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea |
| pastoralism | The raising and grazing of livestock |
| cereal | grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat |
| Sahara | the world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa.( largest in the world) |
| Oasis | a spot of fertile land in a desert, fed by water from wells or underground springs |
| Rub' al Khali | large, sandy desert also named the Empty Quarter. it is located in the southeastern part of Saudi Arabia, but north of Oman |
| Garagum (Kara Kum) | A place with a dry hot climate, it's located in Turkmenistan and covers nearly 70% of the area in Turkmenistan. |
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