Geography of MENA (Middle East and North Africa)

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  1. 2. The process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought or inappropriate agriculture.
  2. 4. Boomerang-shaped region of the Middle East that was home to some of the earliest human civilizations and birthplace of agriculture
  3. 7. man-made waterway that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea
  4. 8. A dam on the Nile river in Egypt, completed in 1970, which increased farmable land by 50% in Egypt.
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  1. 1. A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers which is the location of some of the world’s earliest civilizations
  2. 3. A place where water from an aquifer has reached the surface supporting wildlife and vegetation
  3. 5. Birthplace of Muhammad and holiest city of the Islamic religion.
  4. 6. A landform created by the deposition of the sediments that are carried by the waters of a river.