SOUTHWEST ASIA

CASPIAN SEA

• It's the largest sea in the world.
• It consists of three distinct basins.
• It has no outflows.
• It's a remnant of the ancient Paratethys Sea.

ANANTOLIA

• It's bounded by the Black Sea to the North.
• It's also bounded by the. Mediterranean Sea to the South.
• Anatolia is considered to extend in the east to an indefinite line.
• It's located between the Pontic and Taurus Mountain Ranges.

EUPHRATES RIVER

• It's the longest river of Western Asia.
• It's one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia.
• It emerges from the confluence of the Eastern and Western Euphrates.
• It receives most of its water from rainfall and melted snow.

ZAGROS MOUNTAINS

• They from the largest mountain range in Iran and Iraq.
• They span the whole length of the western and south western Iranian Plateau.
• The highest points are Zard Kuh-bakhtiari and Dena.
• The Zagros fold and thrust belt was formed by collision of two tectonic plates.

CYPRUS

• It's an island country situated in the Eastern Basin of the Mediterranean Sea.
• Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.
• It contains two mountain ranges: Troodos Mountains and the Kyrenia Mountains.
• It's located south of the Asia Minor.

DARDANELLES

• It separates Europe from the mainland of Asia.
• It's a narrow strait connecting the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.
• It is one of the Turkish Straits.
• It's an international waterway