Southwest and Central Asia Physical Geo

Southwest Asia lies at the crossroads of Africa, Europe, and Asia. All three continents meet here at the

• Caspian Sea

• Red Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Black Sea

Southwest Asia is bordered by several seas EXCEPT for the

• Arabian Sea

• Red and Black seas

• Mediterranean Sea

• Aral Sea

Central Asia’s northern border looks over the plains of Siberia and one of the highest mountain ranges along the southern and eastern borders called the

• Caucasus Mountains

• Hindu Kush

• Zagros

• Rocky Mountains

The world’s largest inland body of water that is salty, but not as salty as the ocean with both freshwater and saltwater fish is

• Black Sea

• Aral Sea

• Caspian Sea

• Red Sea

This peninsula occupies the southern part of the region and is the largest in the world, covering more than 1 million square miles.

• Anatolian

• Arabian

• Siberian

• Mesopotamia

Southwest Asia physical feature that is a shipping route known as a “hurricane alley” because of the violent storms that develop there.

• Black Sea

• Aral Sea

• Arabian Sea

• Red Sea

Southwest Asia physical feature that is one of the most fertile river valleys of the ancient world.

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Indus

• Zagros

• Rub’ al Khali

Southwest Asia physical feature that is an inland sea between Israel and Jordan, the lowest place on Earth and nine times as salty as the ocean.

• Red Sea

• Dead Sea

• Black Sea

• Aral Sea

Central Asia has some of Earth’s largest inland seas like the Black Sea, larger than the state of California and this other large inland sea that is rapidly shrinking in size.

• Red Sea

• Dead Sea

• Black Sea

• Aral Sea

The highest elevation in the Central Asia region is the

• Zagros Mountains

• Hindu Kush

• Caucasus Mountains

• Golan Heights