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21 SA Har & Ar Land
final exam words
| Word | Descritption |
|---|---|
| Rub al-Khali | one of the largest sandy deserts in the world located in the Arabian Peninsula, also known as the Empty Quarter (place where no one comes out), reaching high temps |
| Oasis | a place where water from an aquifer has reached the surface, it supports vegetation and wildlife |
| Salt flat | flat land made of chemical salts that remain after winds evaporate the moisture in the soil. |
| Oil | has been a great advantage for SA, make SA a very important region economically, during the 1800s there was a great desire for oil leading to the first oil discovery in SA in 1908 Persia. |
| Golan Heights | a hilly plateau over looking the Jordan River and the Sea of Galilee, also called Al Jawlan, landform's strategic location has made it the site of conflict in SA for decades & it's one of the landforms that divede the region. |
| Climates Zones | mostly Desert, Semiarid, Mediterranean |
| Steppe | the term used for the temperate grassland region |
| Dead Sea | a landlocked salt lake between Isarael and Jordan that is so salty nothing can live in it's waters, it's the lowest place on the exposed crust of the earth |
| Refinery | a place where crude oil is converted into useful products, it helps to the transportation of oil |
| Farming | citru fruits, olives, & vegetables, heavy irrigation in the summer farmers grow crops year round, major human-environment interation |
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