Climate+and+Geographic+Factors-Umayyad

BACK =__Climate and Geographic Factors __=  (Country Profiles 2001) "Country Profiles 2001." __Geographic.org__. 2001. 4 May 2009 [|].
 * Covers land that is now Syria, Algeria, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Jordan, Iraq, U.A.E., Israel, Georgia, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, etc.
 * Territory bordered by Mediterranean sea, North Atlantic ocean, Bay of Biscay, Persian Gulf, Red sea, Arabian sea, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman and Caspian sea
 * Climate mostly desert, arid/ semiarid or temperate with cold winters
 * Terrain usually desert and mountains with coastal plains
 * natural disasters in the area are dust storms, earthquakes, periodic droughts, mud slides, wind storms, sandstorms, land slides, flash floods/ floods, volcanic activity, etc.