Middle East

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Across
  1. 4. a transcontinental country
  2. 7. has its roots in Mount Hermon where it starts from the plains and then continues to the south via northern Israel to meet the Sea of Galilee
  3. 9. located in Western Asia, is considered part of the "cradle of civilization"
  4. 10. a major 1,180-mile (1,900-km) waterway in Western Asia
  5. 13. the largest country in the world without a permanent river,
  6. 15. Palestinian territory located on the Mediterranean coast, bordering Israel and Egypt.
  7. 18. 193 km (120-mile) man-made waterway in Egypt, opened in 1869
Down
  1. 1. the longest river in Western Asia
  2. 2. one of the world's oldest continuous civilizations
  3. 3. the world's largest enclosed sea
  4. 5. a small, highly urbanized oil-rich emirate in the Persian Gulf (
  5. 6. a vital 21-to-60-mile-wide waterway between Iran and Oman
  6. 8. an exceptionally salty and warm, 2,350 km long inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia
  7. 11. The country covers an area of 438,317 square kilometres (169,235 sq mi) and has a population of over 46 million
  8. 12. a landlocked, Palestinian-majority territory west of the Jordan River
  9. 14. a vital historical trade route separating the Indian and Arabian peninsulas
  10. 16. a landlocked, mountainous country in South-Central Asia, often called the "crossroads of Asia"
  11. 17. roughly 290-mile-long Middle Eastern country founded in 1948