Some notable water features in this area are: the Volga, the Don, The Kama, The Caspian Sea, The Black Sea, the Tigris-

Euphrates river area, the Jordan river, the Aral Sea, Lake Baikal, the Arctic Ocean, the Ob, the Lena, the Indus, the

Angara, and the Pacific Ocean.

WATERS OF RUSSIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

Two UNESCO sites in this area are the Virgin Komi Forest and The Natural Reserve of Wrangle. These are both some of the few “wild” left in the world and are valued as such.Israel has a site known as the Old city of Acre and it is one

of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited dwelling.

UNESCO SITES

Russia is very rich in natural resources. The Motherland contains large supplies of most raw resources, such as wood, iron, manganese, chromium, nickel, platinum,

titanium, copper, tin, lead, tungsten, diamonds, phosphates, and gold.

Russia also is a powerhouse in the power industry. Many other countries depend solely on Russia for oil and natural

gas.

RESOURCES OF RUSSIA

The Middle East is ridiculously rich in natural gas. They contain 32% of the world’s known natural gas. They also contain a large amount of phosphate, Morocco holds over half the world’s reserves alone. Aside from all the wealth, water is the most valuable resource to own in these dry

countries.

RESOURCES OF THE MIDDLE EAST

With the 23 total countries there is 6,592,800 sq. mi. A full list of countries is as follows: Russia, Kazakhstan,

Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Syria, Armenia, Azerbaijan,

Georgia.

LAND SIZES

•Some important landforms in Russia and the Middle East, Ural Mountain range, The Great Steppes, The Taklimakan Desert, The Zargros Mountains, and the West and Central

Siberian Planes.

LANDFORMS

Tehran takes first place at a population of 10,978,900Moscow takes second place at 10,382,754

Istanbul has a respectable population of 9,640,500 which earns it third.

Baghdad has a population 4,948,300 which earns it fourth place.

St Petersburg takes fifth place at 4,661,219

IMPORTANT CITIES

Agriculture is rather difficult in the majority of the Middle East due to its lack of easy water and poor soil. Although,

some contries have irrigated farms to provide for the country.

Russia also doesn’t have much in the form of agriculture because of its northern position and cold climate.

The climates of Russia are pretty much mountains and tundra, nothing really else.

The Middle East is majorly desert and requires irrigation for the movement of water.

CLIMATES AND AGRICULTURE

Russia was the first nation to land a rover on another planet, namely the moon.

The Middle Eastern countries have some of the highest populations, for their size, in the world.

The Middle East has the richest oil fields in the world.The official name of Russia is the Russian Federation.

Lake Bikal in Russia is the largest freshwater lake in the world, containing roughly 20% of the world’s non-frozen

freshwater. The lake also contains freshwater seals.Tetris was first released in the Soviet Union in 1984.

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