Middle East Geography

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Across
  1. 2. A triangle-shaped area made of mud or sand where a river spreads out and flows into a sea or ocean
  2. 5. A river in Egypt that is the longest river in the world
  3. 7. Tiny bits of soil carried by water that, when deposited, makes land good for farming
  4. 8. A strait that connect the Black Sea to the Aegean and separates the continents of Europe and Asia
  5. 10. A large and an important body of water that connects many Middle Eastern countries
  6. 12. A dry region with little or no vegetation and very little moisture
  7. 13. A river that flows through Syria, Jordan, and Israel and ends in the Dead Sea and was where Jesus was baptized
  8. 15. One of the rivers that create a fertile region in Iraq. Home to the oldest civilization
  9. 16. A large rock desert that covers much of Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia
  10. 17. This climate has grassland, is very dry, has moderate temperatures, and is often hilly
  11. 18. A riverbed in the desert that’s dry most of the time but can fill with water when it rains a lot
Down
  1. 1. A large, powerful waterfall or series of rapids in a river
  2. 3. This climate has humid winters, hot dry summers, and has lots of shrubs and bushes
  3. 4. One of several mountain ranges in Iran that isolate towns from one another within the country
  4. 6. The largest sand desert in the world
  5. 9. One of the rivers that create a fertile region in Iraq. Home to the oldest civilization
  6. 11. A rock desert in Israel that has wadis, craters, and other rocky formations
  7. 12. A body of water so salty that nothing can live there
  8. 14. A fertile spot in a desert where water is found, allowing plants to grow