43(a) Impact of Location in SW Asia Remediation

deserts

major rivers

large grasslands

mountain ranges

Tigris

Nile

Euphrates

Jordan

fresh water

salt water

oil

sand

Jordan River

Red Sea

Persian Gulf

Suez Canal

desert

desalination

salt water

forest

Dams are too expensive to build to be practical

Dams limit the water available to countries further downstream

Few countries have the technology needed to be able to build dams

Countries in Southwest Asia are not allowed to build dams along shared rivers

There is so much water that countries want to collect as much as they can to sell to countries facing droughts on other continents

The water supply is distributed unevenly, and there is not enough water to support the needs of the people, so it must be used wisely

The mountain and plateau regions take water from the desert regions because the deserts have a surplus

There is water scarcity near rivers and coastlines

people only live near oceans

access to salt water for cooking

people don't live in these areas

access to freshwater for growing crops and for drinking

It allows ships to get out of the Persian Gulf.

It connects the Jordan River to the Persian Gulf, making it cheaper to ship oil to other parts of Southwest Asia.

It makes it possible to get from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea without sailing around Africa.

It is Iraq’s only waterway to the Persian Gulf.

farming

mining and hired labor

working in the oil industry

trading and herding animals

mountains

water

deserts

canyons

fertile soil

retail shops

desalination

specialization of trade

a person that lives in the desert

a person that travels through the desert to work in the oil industry

a person with no permanent home that travels with a herd of animals looking for food and water

a person that travels to the city during the week, but then returns to the desert on the weekend