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488 Atlas Physical Features of Southwest and Central Asia K2 (Mt. Godwin Austen) (28,250 ft. 8,611 m) Dead Sea (-1,349 ft. -411 m) Z A G R O S M O U N T A I N S H I N D U K U S H C a s p i a n D e p r e s s i o n T a u r u s M t s . Caucasus Mt s. ARABIAN PENINSULA R u b a l K h a l i ( E m p t y Q u a r t e r ) Syrian Desert Dasht-e Kavir (Great Salt Desert) KAZAKH UPLAND THE STEPPES ANATOLIA PLATEAU E l b u r z M t s . T u r a n L o w l a n d M e s o p o t a m i a I n d u s R . A m u D a r y a S y r D a r y a E u p h r a t e s R . Lake Balkhash Lake Ysyk Lake Urmia Strait of Hormuz T ig r is R . Black Sea Mediterranean Sea Red Sea C a s p i a n S e a P e r s i a n G u l f Arabian Sea Gulf of Aden Gulf of Oman Aral Sea 30°N 40°N 50°N 20°N 10°N Tropic of Cancer 50°N 40°N 30°N Tropic of Cancer 20°N 60°E 70°E 80°E 50°E 40°E 30°E Mountain peak Elevation N S E W 0 500 kilometers 0 500 miles Lambert Conformal Conic projection 250 250

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Page 1: Physical Features of Southwest and Central Asia€¦ · K2 (Mt. Godwin Austen) (28,250 ft. 8,611 m) Dead Sea (-1,349 ft.-411 m) Z A G R O S M O U N T A I N S H I N D U z K U S H C

488 Atlas

Physical Features of Southwest and Central Asia

K2 (Mt. Godwin Austen)(28,250 ft.8,611 m)

Dead Sea(-1,349 ft.-411 m)

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GR

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TA I N S

H I ND U K

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Caspian Depression

Tauru s Mts.

Caucasus Mts.

ARABIAN

PENINSULA

R u b a l K h a l i

( E m p t y Q u a r t e r )

Sy r i a nD e s e r t Dasht-e Kavir

(Great Salt Desert)

KAZAKH

UPLANDT H E S T E P P E S

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Amu Darya

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LakeBalkhash

LakeYsyk

LakeUrmia

Strait of Hormuz

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B l a c k S e a

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Gulf of Oman

AralSea

30°N

40°N

50°N

20°N

10°N

Tropic of Cancer

20°E 30°E 40°E 50°E 60°E 70°E 80°E 90°E

50°N

60°N

40°N

30°N

Tropic of Cancer

20°N

60°E 70°E

80°E

50°E40°E

30°E

Mountain peak

Elevation

N

S

EW

0 500 kilometers

0 500 miles

Lambert Conformal Conic projection250

250

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Page 2: Physical Features of Southwest and Central Asia€¦ · K2 (Mt. Godwin Austen) (28,250 ft. 8,611 m) Dead Sea (-1,349 ft.-411 m) Z A G R O S M O U N T A I N S H I N D U z K U S H C

Atlas 489

Political Boundaries of Southwest and Central Asia

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AFGHANISTAN

ARMENIA

AZERBAIJAN

BAHRAIN

CYPRUS

GEORGIA

I R A NI R A Q

ISRAEL

JORDAN

K A Z A K H S T A N

KUWAIT

KYRGYZSTAN

LEBANON

OMAN

OMAN

PAKISTAN

QATAR

S A U D IA R A B I A

S Y R I A

TAJIKISTAN

T U R K E Y

TURKMENISTAN

UNITEDARAB

EMIRATES

UZBEKISTAN

Y E M E N

Socotra(Yemen)

Gaza StripWest Bank

Golan Heights

30°N

40°N

50°N

20°N

10°N

Tropic of Cancer

20°E 30°E 40°E 50°E 60°E 70°E 80°E90°E

50°N

40°N

30°N

Tropic of Cancer

20°N

10°N

60°E 70°E

80°E

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30°E

60°N

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Ankara

Nicosia

Amman

Damascus

Kuwait

Riyadh

Tehran

Baku

Ashkhabad

Tashkent

Dushanbe

Bishkek

Astana

KabulIslamabad

Yerevan

Tbilisi

Manama

Doha

Abu Dhabi

Muscat

Sanaa

BaghdadJerusalem

Beirut

TCI5 673GA_SE_BM_03-12First proofcyan magenta yellow black