WGH Chapter 21 Terms

4. water pumped from underground aquifers
5. also called al jawlan, it is a hilly plateau overlooking the river Jordan
6. a place that takes crude oil and purifies it so it can be used
9. when salt is removed from the ocean water
11. the most important river that runs through baghdad
12. when winds blow away all moisture from land and leave only the sand soil and salt
13. the river that jesus was baptized in
16. the gulf just outside of Saudi Arabia
17. where the tigris and euphrates rivers meet
19. an area that receives little to no rainfall
20. oil that has not been processed

1. one of the worlds saltiest bodies of water
2. the mountain on which the river jordan flows
3. a method developed by Israelis that uses small pipes which slowly drip water onto plants
7. the reason the US was interested in the middle east
8. a small body of water found in the middle of the desert sometimes surrounded by brush
10. river in iraq
14. also known as the empty quarter and the "place where no one comes out"
15. the most important western most river in southwest asia
18. riverbeds that are wet only in the rainy season