SW Asia Geography Vocab

Layers of underground rock where water from rain and streams are trapped.

• Qanat

• Irrigation

• Reservoir

• Aquifer

Growing small amounts of crops to take care of personal or local needs.

• Commercial Farming

• Fossil Water

• Subsistence Agriculture

• Desalination

Water that has been underground for centuries.

• Fossil Water

• Aquifer

• Irrigation

• Qanats

A country completely surrounded by land. No sea/ocean access.

• Drip Irrigation

• Landlocked

• West Bank

• Dry Land

Generating electricity from the energy of running water.

• Hydration

• Milling

• Subsistence Agriculture

• Hydroelectric Power

The process of removing salt and other chemicals from seawater.

• Desalination

• Irrigation

• Drip Irrigation

• Fossil Water

OPEC

• Oil Processing Energy Countries

• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

• Original Petroleum Energy Criteria

• Obviously Powerful Energy Characters

1. A small region of land on Israel’s eastern border. Mainly colonized by Arab Palestinians.

• West Bank

• Gaza Strip

• Jordan River

• Lower East Side

Transporting water to crops.

• Landlocked

• Drip Irrigation

• Subsistence Farming

• Irrigation

Lakes where water is stored.

• Estuaries

• Hydroelectric Plants

• Reservoirs

• Dams