The document summarizes the physical features and climate of the Middle East and Central Asia region. It describes the major mountain ranges like the Zagros Mountains and Elburz Mountains. It also outlines the major bodies of water such as the Euphrates River, Tigris River, Jordan River and the Dead Sea. The Arabian Peninsula and Rub' al Khali desert are highlighted as key physical features. Climate is influenced by proximity to water and interaction of tectonic plates.

1. Unit 7 The Middle East and Central Asia Crafts souk Damascus 大马士革 ( 叙利亚首都 )

2. 15 Cyprus

3. Lesson 2 Physical Features and Climate

4. Core Words 浸泡 soak 死海 Dead Sea 碰撞 collide 构造板块 Tectonic plates 荒地 wasteland 波斯湾 Persian Gulf

5. Extension words (Mount) 阿勒山 ( 据《圣经》记载 , 大洪水后诺亚方舟即停于此 ) Mount Ararat 扎格罗斯山脉 Zagros Mountains 厄尔布尔士山脉 Elburz Mountains 托罗斯山脉 Taurus Mountains 庞塔斯山脉 Pontic Mountains 汉志山脉 Hejaz Mountains

6. What Are the Middle East’s Physical Features ? Cyprus Arabian Peninsula 阿拉伯半岛

8. 4. Rub’ al-khali 鲁卜哈利沙漠 Rub' al Khali (Arabian Empty Quarter ) sand dunes imaged by Terra (EOS AM-1)

9. 300 m (980 ft) in height

10. highlands and high Plateau Hejaz Mountains Pontic Mountains Taurus Mountains

11. highlands and high Plateau Mount Ararat Elburz Mountains Zagros Mountains

12. tectonic plates 构造板块

13. What Are the major Bodies of water?

14. The Euphrates River

15. The Tigris River

16. The Jordan River Floating in the Dead Sea An Israeli hiker covered in Dead Sea mud basks in the sunlight.

17. The sea of Galilee