Middle East Map
The Middle Eastern region is home to vast petroleum reserves, major oil production facilities, and large oil refineries, which provide their host nations with enormous incomes. Much of the Middle East is arid, and the region's topography features extensive desert areas, rugged mountains, and dry plateaus. Water is in short supply, and agriculture often depends on expensive irrigation systems. The Middle East map below identifies the primary countries of the Middle East and shows their national boundaries.
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The term Middle East is actually an unofficial term which, in its most popular sense, includes the lands around the eastern Mediterranean Sea as well as Iraq, Iran, and the nations of the Arabian Peninsula. The term is sometimes broadened to encompass Libya in the west, the nations adjoining the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to the south, and the nations abutting the Caucusus Mountains to the north. At the heart of the Middle East and its controversies lies the land of Israel, which is bordered by Lebanon and Syria to the northeast, by Jordan to the east, and by Egypt to the southwest.
This Middle East map website also features political maps, terrain relief maps, and topographical maps of the Middle East. The detailed maps are sized to print on letter size paper, in landscape mode. Please note that these Middle East maps are provided for personal, non-commercial use only.
