Middle East
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Region
an area that has certain characteristics in common that make it unique.
Middle East definition
There is no single definition
Middle East location
Where Europe, Africa and Asia meet
Who gave it the name
European colonialists (separation from India and China)
3 countries in the Middle East
Iraq, Saudi Arabia, UAE (United Arab Emirates)
3 major rivers
Nile, Euphrates and Tigris
2 major physical zones
Mountainous region in the north, large flat.
areas in the south (lowlands).
2 plates that make a collisional plate margin
Arabian and European plates.
Collisional plate margin
Two tectonic plates move together and both are made from continental crust.
2 plates that make a constructive plate margin
African and Arabian plates.
Constructive plate margin
A plate margin where two plates are moving apart
2 major climate zones
Desert, Mediterranean
Mediterranean issues
Scarcity of water
Main middle east problem (apart from current afairs)
not enough water
Factors that contribute to this
Dry climate (Mediterranean and desert),
Growing populations (birth and death count)
Building of dams for water and electricity supply (other countries cutting off other countries water supply)
Conflict (Iran war, revolutions)
How to solve it
Desalination plants, investing in climate smart agriculture, maximising treated sea water use
Desalination
the removal of salt from seawater to make it usable for drinking and farming
Pro's of desaination
it helps bring water to people in dry lands, it is independent from rainfall and it supports industrial and agricultural development.
Con's of desalination
Current methods are expensive and produce a lot of salty wastewater
Middle East crude oil reserves
most in the world
Arabian plate percentage for natural gas and oil
NG - 43% of world
Oil - 48% of world
How is oil formed
Tiny plants and animals died and floated to the bottom of sea bed, covered by sand and silt, pressure compressed them into oil and natural gas, we drill down and extract it. (FORMATION OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS)
