MENA

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Across
  1. 3. largest exporter of oil
  2. 6. OPEC (Organization of _________________ Exporting Countries)
  3. 9. this river provides 75% of fresh water for the country that shares its name
  4. 11. this type of government usually rules in countries that have large deposits of oil
  5. 13. important river in Egypt
  6. 14. control
  7. 15. low-lying land next to rivers formed by sediment deposited by rivers
  8. 16. process or redirecting water to crops using channels and ditches
  9. 18. a water scarcity solution using planes and flares
  10. 20. One of the most populus countries in Southwest Asia
  11. 23. these mountains formed along the North Anatolian Fault
  12. 25. flat area of land next to a river that floods
  13. 26. North Africa country with the highest rate of urbanization
Down
  1. 1. the process of removing salt from seawater
  2. 2. fracture in the Earth’s crust
  3. 4. fine particles of soil
  4. 5. one of the main sources of fresh water in MENA
  5. 7. this crop can grow well on the salt flats of the Persian Gulf Coast
  6. 8. this empire ruled North Africa in the 1500s
  7. 10. this group is responsible for things such as advances in mathematics, astronomy, cuneiform
  8. 12. river valley between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
  9. 17. Fertile places in dry areas where water is found
  10. 19. very dry
  11. 21. country with an abundance of fresh water
  12. 22. natural resource that contributes most to the economy in the Middle East
  13. 24. dependable