Notes

* Land of the monsoons: Bangladesh; Ganges Delta; Western Ghats (India)

* Himalaya: Tibet; Sherpas; Mt Everest

* Arid West Asia: Arabian Peninsula; Negrev Desert (Israel); Tigris & Euphrates rivers (Turkey

and Iraq); Ataturk Dam (Turkey); oil in Saudi Arabia

* Inland seas: Aral Sea (Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan); Caspian Sea; Dead Sea