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The Persian Gulf
Persian Gulf, an arm of the Indian Ocean in southwestern Asia, between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula, where it is known as the Arabian Gulf.
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The diverse physical features in the Middle East contain the lowest point on Earth (the Dead Sea) and the second-highest mountain peak (K2).
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Carmel, Mount, a mountain ridge in northwestern Israel. It extends 13 miles (21 km) from the Valley of Jezreel to the Mediterranean port of Haifa, reaching 1,791 feet (546 m). See more »
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Arabia
Arabia, a region of southwest Asia, occupying the Arabian Peninsula and nearby islands.
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Bab el Mandeb, a narrow strait of strategic importance on the Suez Canal shipping route, linking the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
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, a mountainous region in northern Israel. It extends west from the River Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea, and south from Lebanon to the plains just north of northwestern Jordan.
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Oman, Gulf of, an arm of the Arabian Sea, bordering Iran, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates.
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, a town about I5 miles (24 km) northeast of Jerusalem. Although it is in Israeli-occupied Jordan, it is governed as an autonomous entity, by the Palestine Liberation Organization.
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Ararat, Mount, a mountain in eastern Turkey, according to tradition the eastern Turkey, according to tradition the place where Noah's ark came to rest.
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Carmel, Mount, a mountain ridge in northwestern Israel. It extends 13 miles (21 km) from the Valley of Jezreel to the Mediterranean port of Haifa, reaching 1,791 feet (546 m).
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, a mountain in west Jordan, about 10 miles (16 km) east of the Dead Sea. According to the Bible, Moses viewed the Promised Land from this site and also died here.
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Esdraelon, Plain of, a section of northern Israel in the Jezreel Valley. The plain covers roughly 200 square miles (500 km2).
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Samaria,the capital of the Biblical kingdom of Israel (northern Palestine). It was 38 miles (61 km) north of Jerusalem at what is now the village of Sebastye.
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Euphrates River, a river in southwestern Asia, draining portions of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq.
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Jordan River, the chief river of Palestine, in southwestern Asia. It is shared by Israel, Jordan, Syria, and, if the river's longest headstream is included, Lebanon.
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Shatt al Arab, a river in southeastern Iraq. It is formed by the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and flows about 115 miles (185 km) to the head of the Persian Gulf.
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Tigris River, a river in south-western Asia, mainly in Iraq. It begins as the Dicle River in the Kurdistan region of eastern Turkey and flows southeastward along part of the Turkish-Syrian border and then into Iraq.
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