SW Asia Environment

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Across
  1. 3. The process of removing salt from sea water.
  2. 6. The nomads who choose to live in the desert.
  3. 7. These are usually built near rivers.
  4. 8. Another word for dry.
  5. 9. What happens when countries have to share water.
  6. 11. River shared by Turkey, Syria and Iraq.
  7. 13. This keeps the rain out of the Middle East.
  8. 15. The Middle East has more oil _____ in the world.
  9. 16. The Middle East gets very little of this for crops.
  10. 17. Built to create power. Bad for cities downriver.
  11. 18. There is a lack of this in SW Asia.
  12. 21. Used in Israel for irrigating crops.
  13. 22. The kind of farming in SW Asia.
  14. 23. Turkey is this for the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
Down
  1. 1. The water in aquifers that will not replenish.
  2. 2. How water is distributed in the Middle East.
  3. 4. The number one use for fresh water in SW Asia.
  4. 5. The long term weather of SW Asia: hot and dry.
  5. 10. Good for crops, bad for water supplies.
  6. 12. River shared by Israel and the West Bank.
  7. 14. The process of moving water to crops.
  8. 19. A source of water for irrigation.
  9. 20. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait do not have these.
  10. 22. The canal that is a shortcut to transport oil.