Iranian Plateau

The Iranian Plateau is huge! It's like 2,00 kilometers big. The reason there is a plateau there is because that's where 4 tectonic plates meet and push together. I asked Alexis what she knew about the Iranian plateau and she said " Well I know that the highest point is the Damavand peak at 18,406 feet.", I thought about that then she said " The Plateau is divided into 5 sub divisions." then in reply I said " Oh, Yeah the Koh-i-baba also goes through part of it." Then we finished our hike and went back to the hotel.

Taurus Mountains

The Taurus is a Mountain range in southern Turkey I actually think this is a cool place because it reminds me of the Himalayas. The highest peak there is Mt. Demerkazik. It is, 12,320 ft. tall. something I didn't really know until Alexis told me was that there was a German, Turkish Railway in World War 1. We stayed in a resort 16 miles above any town. On one of the hikes we found out that limestone has eroded the insides of some of the mountains. Because of the erosion there is a bunch of underground caves, and waterfalls. My favorite thing about this place is that they found evidence of tin mining inside the caves. I would love to go back here.

Map URL.

This is the URL that Alexis, and I madehhttp://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=tigris%20and%20euphrates%20rivers&aql=&oq=Tigris&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

The Syrain desert

We are back at another desert . This place is amazing it is like 200,000 square miles big. But I couldn't believe that it only gets bout 5 in. of rain a year! That's nothing! I also found out it borders the Orontes Valley. Alexis found out something interesting that it has more than 2,000 species of plants! But i saved the best for last it's unusual because it's not a sand desert it's a rock, and gravel desert i think this is an awesome unique place to go.

The Jordan River

So now we are going to the Jordan sea we are excited bout this one we dont now why we just are. So here we are at the Jordan river this sea leads into the Dead Sea. I Dont aven know much about it so Alexis, and I looked on the computer for facts. Alexis found that it is 156 mi. long. Then I found one that said " The Jordan River also leads into the sea of galilee" I like another one that said " One of the many tributaries is the Hasbani r." But Alexis and, I got bored on the computer so we went to the river and found two more tributaries they where the " Banias, and the iyon." All and All this was a good trip.

The Sea of Marmara

I went to the Sea of Marmara with Alexis. On the way there, she told me all these facts like "The sea is 4,430 sq. mi." And there were two more. One was, " The sea is between the Bosporus stait and the Darnelles." I was wondering what the other was so I asked "What are the corrdinates?" she awnsered me as. " 44 N, 35 E," I thought that was also interesting. I just really wish that the sea of marmara was wider than " 11,350km

Rub Al-Khali Desert.

This time instead of walking through the Desert's we go to we got a tour guide. As we where in that little car over the engine the guide said facts like " This place is very hot as high as (131) F."

He also said something like. " The dunes are also 330 m. tall, so we are lucky our car has a path to follow." Then i didn't here it but Alexis did he said " The desert is 1000 kl. long" "It's also 310 mi. wide." I then asked him " What animals live here?" " he said mostly spiders and rodents" then our tour was over.

Negev Dessert.

Alexis , and I where walking in the Negev dessert on our Middle Eastern trip. So as we where walking i said to Alexis " hey, did you know that the Negev covers half of of Israel?" "Cool!" ,said Alexis. After walking a little more she said "oh, and the highest temperature recorded in July is about 91 degrees f.?" Then I said "..... FACT BATTLE!" " The Negev is (4,700) sq. ft. big." I was surprised at all the things I actually knew about the Negev. Then immediately Alexis came back with. " The lowest Temp. in the Negev is 45." " and then we both stopped and thought.... then in unison we said." The Negev is a big solar power unit!" that was our trip to the Negev.