MENA
Across
- 3. largest exporter of oil
- 6. OPEC (Organization of _________________ Exporting Countries)
- 9. this river provides 75% of fresh water for the country that shares its name
- 11. this type of government usually rules in countries that have large deposits of oil
- 13. important river in Egypt
- 14. control
- 15. low-lying land next to rivers formed by sediment deposited by rivers
- 16. process or redirecting water to crops using channels and ditches
- 18. a water scarcity solution using planes and flares
- 20. One of the most populus countries in Southwest Asia
- 23. these mountains formed along the North Anatolian Fault
- 25. flat area of land next to a river that floods
- 26. North Africa country with the highest rate of urbanization
Down
- 1. the process of removing salt from seawater
- 2. fracture in the Earth’s crust
- 4. fine particles of soil
- 5. one of the main sources of fresh water in MENA
- 7. this crop can grow well on the salt flats of the Persian Gulf Coast
- 8. this empire ruled North Africa in the 1500s
- 10. this group is responsible for things such as advances in mathematics, astronomy, cuneiform
- 12. river valley between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
- 17. Fertile places in dry areas where water is found
- 19. very dry
- 21. country with an abundance of fresh water
- 22. natural resource that contributes most to the economy in the Middle East
- 24. dependable