Middle East Geography Vocabulary

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Aquifer

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An underground layer of rock & sand that contains water

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Desalination

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Removing salt from sea water

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Groundwater

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Water below the surface

(supplies wells and springs)

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Industrial Runoff

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Chemicals/materials that are piped into water from factories and fields

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Nomads/Bedouins

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People that move from place to place

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Non-Renewable Resouces

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Minerals coming out of the Earth that will end or reduce over time making them in limited supply

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Oasis

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Areas in desert where underground water comes to the surface and vegetation grows

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Population Density

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the number of people living in an area

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Replenish

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to fill or build up again

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sanitation

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The quality of one's living environment.

Clean water, air, land, etc.