South West Asia Geography

Red Sea

A long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and Arabia

Euphrates River

A river in southwestern Asia that flows through the southern part of the Fertile Crescent.

Suez Canal

A ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea

Syria

Bashar al-Assad

Straight of Hormuz

It is a narrow, strategically important waterway between the Gulf of Oman in the southeast and the Persian Gulf.

Iran

Middle East

Iraq

Middle East

Saudi Arabia

Middle East

Tigris River

River that flows across a low, flat plain in Iraq and joins the Euphrates River

Gaza Strip

a coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt

Afghanistan

a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia

Jordan River

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

Persian Gulf

a shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula

Israel

an ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea

West Bank

an area between Israel and Jordan on the west bank of the Jordan river

relative location

location in relation to other places