The Arabian Peninsula to Central Asia

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Across
  1. 4. the world’s largest sand dessert
  2. 6. limit on trade, on Iraq
  3. 7. Valuable resource
  4. 8. has a harsh, dry climate that makes it difficult for vegetation to grow
  5. 11. a landlocked region with rugged mountains, a harsh, dry climate
  6. 12. large glaciers in high mountains
  7. 13. an international organization whose members work to influence the price of oil
  8. 14. the mountains in the west
  9. 15. has many mineral mine and large amounts of coal.
  10. 17. 85 to 90 percent of Saudi Muslims
  11. 18. believe that true interpretation
  12. 19. has freshwater at one end and salty water at the other end
Down
  1. 1. completely surrounded by land with no direct access to the ocean
  2. 2. a major center of farming in the region for many years
  3. 3. borders Iran to the north
  4. 5. a really large lake
  5. 9. the mountains in the north
  6. 10. Water that comes from wells dug into dry streambeds
  7. 16. water that is not being replaced by rainfall