An area on the Earth's surface marked by distinguished similar features and unifying characteristics.

The state of the atmosphere at a given time and place.

Refers to the ground cover provided by plants, sometimes called the plant community.

A wind system that influences large climatic regions and reverses direction seasonally.

Check all the factors that affect climate.

Almost all types of climate can be found in Asia.

Close to the equator where the sun is hot all year round.

These regions experience hot summers and colder winters due to the far distance from the ocean that krrps the climate milder in winder and cooler in summer.

Has moderate temperatures and changable rainy weather.

Have an average temperature between 10°C-40°C in their warmest months, and in their coldest months average between 3°C-18°C.

These areas get between 25-27 cm of rainfall a year.

Occur in regions with little precipitation. They are drier than semiarid climates.

Usually humid, accompanied by considerable amounts of precipitation because moisture comes from a near ocean.

A russian word that means "a marshy plain".

Siberian word that means "forest".

Mongolian term for "waterless place".

Recieve an average of less than 10 inches of rainfall a year.

Known as "steppe" in Asia.

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Is dominantly barren vegetation.

Is formerly called the "Trucial States".

Is at the crossroad of Africa, Europe, and Asia.

Located astride the rivers of Tigris and Euphrates.

A low-laying sandy barren desert land. It is made up of nine islands.

Means "Two Seas"

Located between Oman and Saudi Arabia.

Juts 160km from Saudi Arabid into the Persian Gulf.

Known as "The Guardian of the Gulf", is theoldest and easternmost outpost of the Arab world.

Was known during the Biblical times as the "Land of Cedars".

Ruralization is the physical development of urban areas from rural areas.

Megacities are urban areas with more than ___ inhabitants.

The location of most Asian cities makes them resistant to natural disasters, particularly floods.

The process of turning forestlands into dry lands that eventually lead to becoming nearing desert.

Basically cutting down trees. A lot of them.

The process where soluble salts precipitate from water and accumulate in the soil.

Lack of water.