Physical Geography Of Southwest Asia

It extends from north to south about 2,400 kilometers (1,500 miles) and from west to east about 1,900 kilometers (1,200 miles). It includes the countries of the arabian peninsula, afghanistan (though afghanistan is the land bridge between south asia on one hand, and central and west asia on the other), the caucasus countries of azerbaijan, georgia and armenia, iran, iraq, syria, israel, lebanon, jordan, and turkey. The study of natural features (landforms), such as rivers, lakes, and mountains.

A huge portion of its land area is covered with rough, dry terrain that varies from huge tracts of sand dunes to great salt flats. Harsh and arid lands southwest asia s land is mostly arid or desert. Several surrounding bodies of water border southwest asia;

The sahara, from the arabic word ṣaḥrā‘ meaning “desert,” is the largest hot desert in the world, stretching across 9.4 million square kilometers (3.6 million square miles) of.

Most areas receive less than 18 inches of precipitation a year. Mountains and plateaus occur throughout the region. The red sea has been one of the world’s busiest waterways since egypt’s suez canal opened in 1869. The region is defined by the resource it lacks—water, and the one it has in abundance—oil.