The Mighty Nile River: Longest River in the World

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Egypt: The “Gift of the Nile” Annual Nile Flooding Nile Delta 95% of the Egyptian people live on 5% of the land!

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The Mighty Nile River: Longest River in the World Egypt: The Gift of the Nile Annual Nile Flooding Nile Delta 95% of the Egyptian people live on 5% of the land! Aswan High Dam, Egypt Hydroelectri c Power Plant Suez Canal Completed by the British in 1869 The Tigris & Euphrates River System Mesopotamia: Land Between the Two Rivers Marsh Arabs, So. Iraq Dust Storms Along the Tigris-Euphrates Flood Plains The Jordan River System: Israel & Jordan--A Fight Over Water Rights? Dead Sea: Lowest Point on Earth Highest Salt Content (33%) 2,300 below sea level Wadis Instant Springs Mountains & Plateaus Atlas Mts. Elburz Mts. Taurus Mts. Zagros Mts. Iranian Plateau Anatolian Plateau Caucasus Mts. Hejaz Mts. Mountain Ranges in Mid-East Elburz Mts., Iran Zagros Mts., Iran Lebanese Mts. Taurus Mts., Turkey Deserts Sahara Desert Arabian Desert Negev Desert Sinai Desert Libyan Desert Rub al-Khali Desert Bedouins Swarms of Desert Locusts! Locusts Swarm the Pyramids Complex at Giza! Israel Hit By Worst Locust Plague Since the 1950s! Rub al-Khali: The Empty Quarter Desert Oases: Water at a Premium! Fresh Groundwater Sources Desalinization Plants Fertile Crescent The Fertile Crescent Completed Map Tigris River Nile River Euphrates River Jordan River Persian Gulf Arabian Sea Mediterranean Sea Indian Ocean Red Sea Black Sea Gulf of Aden Strait of Hormuz Suez Canal Dardanelles Strait Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Oman Caspian Sea Arabian Desert Negev Desert Sinai Desert Rub al-Khali Atlas Mts. Elburz Mts. Taurus Mts. Zagros Mts. Iranian Plateau Anatolian Plateau Caucasus Mts. Hejaz Mts. Sahara Desert Libyan Desert The Middle East vs. the U. S. Latitude Lines Middle East: Climate Regions Middle East: Population Density Cairo, Egypt: Most Populated City in the Middle East 17,000,000+ People! The Middle East: Natural Vegetation The Natural Resources of the Middle East World Oil Reserves Persian Gulf Oil Exports (2003) Saudi Oil Fields & Refineries Kuwait: An Island Floating on a Sea of Oil Kuwait City Leading U. S. Oil Suppliers The U. S. imports 30% of its oil needs from the Middle East.