The study of physiography in the Middle East is important because it forms the trade routes that connect Europe, China, Africa, India, Africa, and all the other regions in the Mediterranean Basin. The different people who do the trade in the regions need to understand the existence of the rivers, which allowed the people to settle along the cities.
Furthermore, they should comprehend the mountains in the locality that keep the diverse civilizations in detached areas and offered barriers against the imperialists. The region was known as Mesopotamia, but it presently forms the modern day Iraq, Syria and Turkey.
Moreover, the mountains isolated the many civilizations from each other and the water bodies. Antolia is surrounded by the Taurus Mountains and Morocco, which separate it from Africa. Additionally, Zagros and Elburz Mountains host the ski resorts and the Mesopotamia which lies between the Euphrates and Tigris River. The study of the region helps the traders and the many tourists to understand the area comprehensively.
Climatic Factors
Climatic factor refers to the physical conditions that determine the climate that exists in a particular place. They include such aspects as latitude, attitude, and ocean streams.
The main factors of climate in the Middle East are altitude, latitude, proximity to the sea, prevailing wind direction, prevailing ocean current, and proximity to the hills.
The Middle East is among the driest regions in the world, as water is scarce and the winters are mild with very little rain. On the other hand, the summers are hot while winters are wet along the Mediterranean coasts which are reordered as very humid regions most of the year.
Latitude is a vital factor that determines the climate in the Middle East irrespective of whether the city is tropical, equatorial, or arctic. It also determines the length if days and nights in the region, and this explains why it is significant. Additionally, the rain and temperature are considerable across the Middle East as the latter range around 85 F, but they sometimes rise above 100.
Baghdad has higher climate which is 120F and the same case applies to Basra, which has 124 F. Notably the storms crossing the Middle East become sandstorms, which is a unique feature. Based on the above, the least influential climatic factor in the region is proximity to the sea
Type of Climate
B Climate is characterized by very little rain and a high daily temperature. There are S and W subgroups within the ambiance, and they refer to semi-arid and arid climates respectively.
The above are experienced because of the latitude on which the area lies as it lies on the tropic of cancer. The scorched air rises along the equator, and results in rainfall in some locations. Consequently, on this tropic the air sinks, causing lack of rain and hence the deserts.
On the other hand, C climate refers to humid middle latitude weather in which land and water differences are very significant. Furthermore, these areas are warm and dry during summers and cool and wet in winter.
This temperature is mainly experienced in the low-lying coastal areas and sections that border the Mediterranean. Conversely, the mountainous areas experience wetter climates than the adjacent areas because of the relief rainfall.