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Competencies
C-4.6, C-5.3
• Critical thinking
• Information literacy
• Environmental literacy
21st CENTURY SKILLS
• Creativity learning
• AIL
7 The Land of Hot Sand

(Saudi Arabia)

Warm Up

Which of the following is the base of Saudi Economy?

An area that receives the annual rainfall less than 25 centimetres, becomes

a Desert. Such region is generally hot and dry and gradually it becomes

tree less. Most of the hot deserts are found on the western side of the
continents. The Sahara Desert in Africa is the largest desert in the world.
The Arabian peninsula on the western side of Asia is also a hot desert.

Location and Extent

The Arabian peninsula, the largest in the
world, is surrounded by the Red Sea on the

west, the Arabian Sea on the south and the
Persian Gulf on the east. All the countries

of western Asia, which are located close to
Europe are called the Middle East countries.

Among them, Saudi Arabia is an important
country.

Saudi Arabia

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