Southeast Asia Crossword

2. The saltiest body of water in the world renkowned for its religious significanc and mineral rich water. It is now drying up from overuse of irrigation of the river that feeds it.
5. A peninsula that contains Saudi Arabia and the world's largest sand desert.
9. An important body of water that is surrounded by Africa, Asia, and Europe that is used for fishing.
12. An important unrenewable resource to southeast asia that may run out in years to come.
13. A lake that used to be the worlds's fourth largest lake, but has now shrunk due to irrigation and has lowered the fishing industry. It is east of the Caspian Sea.
15. The desert that causes most of Isreal, Jordan, and Syria to have a very harsh, dry climate.
17. The river that empties into the Dead Sea and is shrinking from people overuring it for irrigation.
20. The area in southwest asia that was named that because explorers wanted to differenciate it from far asia. It is now an area that has oil and grows crops.

1. Preserved water that can be dug, but can also run out.
3. The digging of walls and canals from a river to water crops.
4. The geographical condition where an entire area is surrounded by land and has no acces to sea.
6. Dry streambeds where water can be dug.
7. A country in central asia that has been affected by Russia in that a commusnist party now exists within it.
8. The area in is rich in farmland because of two rivers. Also known as the fertile crescent.
10. The landform that causes central asia from running oil pipelines out.
11. The northern river of Mesopotamia.
14. An area of fertile farmland in Central Asia.
16. The southern river of Mesopotamia.
18. An industry that requires the ever important resource of water and requires irrigation in most parts.
19. A major crop of Central Asia.