Unit 7 vocab chapter 21

refinery

A factory in which crude oil is heated and separated into fuels and other products

Oasis

A fertile place in a desert where there is water and vegetation

Desalination

A process of removing salt from ocean water

Golan Heights

A region that was formerly part of Southwest Syria that Israel has occupied since 1967 war.

Dead Sea

a landlocked salt lake between Israel and Jordan that is so salty that almost nothing can live in its waters; it is 1,349 feet below sea level, making it the lowest place on the exposed crust of the earth

Jordan River

a river in southwestern Asia that flows from the Lebanon Mountains, south through the Sea of Galilee, into the Dead Sea

Wadi

a riverbed that remains dry except during the rainy seasons

Rub al-Khali

also known as the Empty Quarter; one of the largest sandy deserts in the world, covering about 250,000 square miles; located on the Arabian Peninsula

crude oil

petroleum that has not been processed