Key learning points

1. The region has desert, temperate, and Mediterranean biomes.
2. Hot, dry summers and low rainfall shape the land.
3. It is cooler and wetter in the north of the Middle East.
4. Climate affects where people live.

Keywords

• Biome - a large region of the world with places that have similar climates, vegetation and animals that have adapted to living there

• Climate - an average of weather conditions in a place over a long period of time (usually 30 years or more)

• Arid - a place that receives less than 250 mm of precipitation a year

• GIS - a geographic information system (GIS) is a computer mapping system that captures and displays geographic data to help understand spatial patterns

Common misconception