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Geography of West Asia

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Mediterranean Sea
sea between Europe, Africa and Asia
Black Sea
sea between Europe and Asia
Caspian Sea
largest landlocked salt lake, located between Europe and Asia
Red Sea
seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean
Persian Gulf
extension of the Indian Ocean
Aegean Sea
part of the Mediterranean Sea, between the Greek mainland, the Turkish mainland, Crete, and Rhodes
Palestine
geographic region in West Asia
Arabian Peninsula
peninsula in Western Asia
West Asia
western region of Asia
Sinai Peninsula
peninsula in the Red Sea
Sea of Marmara
inland sea, entirely within the borders of Turkey
South Caucasus
geographical region in the vicinity of the southern Caucasus region of Europe
Balochistan
Balochistan is a historical region in West and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. This arid region of desert and mountains is primarily populated by ethnic Baloch people. Balochistan is very significant because of its strategic location, mineral wealth, long coastline along the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Oman and potential for discoveries of oil and gas.
Mediterranean Basin
loosely defined region of lands around the Mediterranean Sea
Khorasan
Khorasan is a historical eastern region in the Iranian Plateau in West and Central Asia that encompasses western and northern Afghanistan, northeastern Iran, the eastern halves of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, western Tajikistan, and portions of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.
Mashriq
The Mashriq (; ), also known as the Arab Mashriq (), sometimes spelled Mashreq or Mashrek, is the eastern part of the Arab world, as opposed to the Maghreb (western region), located in West Asia and eastern North Africa. It is the Arabic equivalent for the term Middle East. Poetically the "Place of Sunrise", the name is derived from the verb sharaqa (, "to shine, illuminate, radiate" and "to rise"), from the sh-r-q root (), referring to the east, where the sun rises.
South Arabia
historical region, today part of Yemen, Oman and Saudi Arabia
Asia Minor
Asian part of Turkey