GEO 357- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 66 pages long!)

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Middle east: middle east, crossroads: africa- asia- europe, trade, religion, oil, terrorism, middle east climate, rub al- khali, empty quarter , southeastern arabian peninsula, sandy desert, population distribution, population concentrated near freshwater, 1. Perennial rivers: flow year round, rare in the desert, source is in rainy non-desert, like long oases, tigris and euphrates, 2. In areas with mediterranean climate: same climate as southern california, rainy weather, dry summer, west coast above 32 n latitude, 3. In the mountains: more precipitation in mountains, zagros mountains (iran, yemen- highest mountains and largest amount of precipitation in. Sea of galilee: fresh water, main source of freshwater for israel, dead sea, 1300 feet below sea level, lowest elevation on the planet, extremely salty xi. Xianjiang: people of xianjiang, religion, islam (muslim, languages, related to turkish, mostly ethnic uyghurs, tajiks, ethnic chinese encouraged to move to. Agriculture: limited flat land, mostly rice, government subsidies, world"s top food importer, 60% of its food, expensive food xii.