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The Mighty Nile River:“Longest River in the World”
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The Tigris & EuphratesRiver System Mesopotamia: ”Land Between the Two Rivers” Marsh Arabs, So. Iraq
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Dead Sea: Lowest Point on Earth HighestSaltContent(33%) 2,300’ below sea level
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Fertile Crescent
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The Fertile Crescent
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Completed Map Tigris River Nile River Euphrates River Persian Gulf Arabian Sea IndianOcean Red Sea Black Sea AtlanticOcean Caspian Sea Sahara Desert Sinai Peninsula Dead Sea Syrian Desert Africa
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Black Sea Caspian Sea Persian Gulf Sinai Peninsula Arabian Sea Mediterranean Sea Red Sea Dead Sea Syrian Desert Map of the Middle East
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The Sahara Desert
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Completed Topographic Map Huang-He River Yellow Sea Yangtze River Pacific Ocean Himalayan Mts. Taklamakan Desert Gobi Desert
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Bodies of Water Indus R. Ganges R. Arabian Sea Indian Ocean Himalayas
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The Himalayas “him” [snow]
“aalaya” [home]
Mt. Everest is 29,035 feet. It is the highest mt. peak in the world.