Earth Science 7 - Middle East3

Earth Science 7-Global Regions Index

Countries

There are 21 countries in the Middle East. These are Afghanistan, Bahrain, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, and Yemen.

Latitude and Longitude

The longitude is 46 degrees north and 14 degrees north. The latitude is 78 degrees east and 27 degrees east.

Elevation

The highest mountain peak in the middle east is located at the Syria Jabal Al Shaykh mountain,aka Mount Hermon or in Arabic: جبل الشيخ‎

The tip of the mountain is 2814m above sea level (9232) ft. Its summit hovers over Syria and Lebanon. The lowest point in the middle east is the shoreline of the Dead Sea, which borders Israel and Jordan, and is actually known as the lowest point on the Earth. Elite researches claim that the Dead Sea was 1,293 feet below shoreline 40 years ago, and it is now 1,360 feet below shoreline.

Major Bodies of Water

The large bodies of water near the middle east are the Arabian Sea-south of the Middle East, the Aral Sea-north of Uzbekistan, the Black Sea-north of Turkey, the Caspian Sea-north of Iran, the Gulf of Aden-south of Yemen, the Gulf of Oman-between Iran and Oman, the Mediterranean Sea-between Europe and Africa and to the West of the Middle East, the Persian Gulf-bordered by Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, U.A.E., and Oman, and the Red Sea-by Africa and the Arabian peninsula.

Climate in Different Countries

Afghanistan: arid or semiarid with cool winters and dry summers Bahrain: arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers Cyprus: Cyprus is temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters Iran: Iran is greatly arid or partial arid, subtropical along Caspian coast Israel: Israel is temperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas Jordan: Jordan can be mostly arid desert; rainy season in west (November to April) Kuwait: Kuwait contains dry desert,intensely hot summer, with short cool winters Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan dry continental to polar high in Tien Shan (mountain range covering most of Kyrgystan) subtropical in southwest (the Fergana Valley) temperate in northern foothill zone Lebanon: Lebanon is Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; Lebanon mountains are subject to heavy winter snows Oman: Oman is desertland, and is known for its desert 1,000 miles long! Qatar: Hot and humid summers and winter is cool Pakistan: Pakistan is mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia is a harsh, dry desert with radical temperature extremes Syria: Syria is made of mostly desert, hot, dry, sunny summers (which is June to August) and mild, rainy winters (which is December to February) along coast; cold weather with snow or sleet periodically in Damascus Tajikistan: Tajikistan is midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains (which, along with the Alay Mountains controls most of the landscape) Turkey: Turkey is temperate, contains hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior Turkmenistan: Turkmenistan is completely subtropical desert U.A.E: the United Arab Emirates are cooler in eastern mountain, and desert Uzbekistan: Uzbekistan is mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east Yemen:Yemen is mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east

Capitals and Government System

Afghanistan: Kabul, Islamic republic Bahrain: Manama, Constitutional Monarchy Cyprus: Nicosia, Republic Iran: Teheran, Israel: Jordan, Jordan: Amman, Kuwait: Kuwait City, Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek, Lebanon: Beirut, Oman: Muscat, Qatar: Doha, Pakistan: Islamabad, Saudi Arabia: Riyadh, Syria: Damascus, Tajikistan: Dushanbe, Turkey: Ankara, Turkmenistan: Ashgabat, U.A.E: Adu Dhabi, Uzbekistan: Tashkent, Yemen: Sanaa,