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1 GEOGRAPHY

LESSON 4

6 Fill in the blanks using the following words.

rivers Euphrates dams Levant irrigation systems
tourism arid mountains Zagros

1. The Middle East climate is due to its deserts.
2. The Middle East region is divided by and .

3. The Taurus Mountains separate the and the Anatolian plateau
in Turkey.

4. The Mountains are located in western Iran.
5. The River extends through Iraq, Turkey, and Syria.

6. and are built in river streams to provide
vegetation and electricity to their surroundings.

7. Lebanon, Egypt, and Bahrain invest most on .

7 Imagine that there were no oil reserves in the Middle East. How would this
affect living in the area?

8 What would happen if the Middle East was covered by rich alluvial soil?

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