The most common physical features of South West Asia are deserts and bodies of water. Even though most people think of the Middle East as dry and arid land it has many water bodies including rivers and straits. Also many of the countries are bordered by oceans. The Red Sea runs across the left boarder of Saudi Arabia.

Most of Southwest Asia has an arid, or very dry, climate. Deserts cover most of the Arabian Peninsula and large parts of Iran. Temperatures can rise to 129°F (54°C). When rains come, torrents of water race through wadis, or streambeds that are normally dry.

Arabian Peninsula

Desert landscapes spread across most of Southwest Asia. The Arabian Desert, which covers nearly the entire Arabian Peninsula, is the largest in the region and one of the largest in the world.

The Red Sea covers a rift valley created by the movement of the Arabian plate. The Zagros, Elburz, and Taurus mountains at the north side of the plate cut off part of the region from the south. Another important landform in the region is the Anatolian Peninsula, which is occupied by the country of Turkey.

Your answer: Middle East is the other name for South West Asia.

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The Arabian Peninsula is the world’s largest peninsula, situated in Southwest Asia with the Red Sea in the southwest, the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman in the west and the Arabian Sea in the southeast.

Two of the most important natural resources found in Southwest Asia are natural gas and oil. These two resources bring wealth into the region because they are needed for much of the world’s economy.

region. The most valuable resources in Southwest Asia are oil and water. Most of Southwest Asia has a very arid climate. Irrigation is critical to growing crops in this very dry region.

What is another vital resource in much of Southwest Asia? water; Water is the most critical resource.

Increased demand for irrigation to expand farming has led to overuse of rivers and streams. Many farmers have begun to use chemical fertilizers, which have contaminated water supplies through runoff into these same rivers and streams.

The Euphrates River, which passes through Turkey, Syria and Iraq, is about 1,700 miles long and the longest river of Southwest Asia. Most of the water originates within the Turkish highlands and empties into the Persian Gulf.

Euphrates River

Tigris-Euphrates river system, great river system of southwestern Asia. It comprises the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which follow roughly parallel courses through the heart of the Middle East.

The Tigris and Euphrates join together in southern Iraq to create the Shatt al-Arab which empties into the Persian Gulf. Rivers in Southwest Asia provide water for both drinking and farming in a very dry region.

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The three largest countries in terms of population in North Africa/Southwest Asia are:

• Israel, Jordan, and Lebanon.
• Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Iran.
• Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.
• Egypt, Kazakh, and Uzbek.
• Egypt, Iran, and Turkey.

Southwest Asia, also called the Middle East, extends from Afghanistan in the east to Saudi Arabia in the West, and includes Armenia, Iran, Israel, Iraq, Jordon, Turkey and eleven other countries….What are the two largest countries in Southwest Asia?

Even American naval strategist Alfred Thayer Mahan used the term Middle East in 1902 to designate the area between Arabia and India. West Asia refers to countries west of Afghanistan to the westernmost part of Asia and with the exception of Israel, Turkey and Iran. The region has predominantly Arab-Muslim population.

First is Saudi Arabia since it is the biggest country in Southwest Asia. The left and right borders are on the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. It is also above Yemen and Oman (found at the very bottom of the Arabian Peninsula). Next comes Iran, being the second largest country in Southwest Asia.

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The United Nations Statistics Division’s scheme of sub-regions, for statistical purpose, includes Iran along with all eight members of the SAARC as part of Southern Asia. The boundaries of South Asia vary based on how the region is defined.

Southwest Asia has the world’s largest known oil reserves. Saudi Arabia and Iran have the largest deposits of oil. Oil and natural gas have brought much wealth to some countries in this region.