Climate factors and potential energy :

Climate factors :

ANTICYCLONES :

Azores, Sahara and Arabia anticyclones .

THE CANARIES STREAM .

THE THERMAL EQUATOR .

Potential energy :

LITTORAL DEPRESSIONS :

Tah (-55m), Melrhir (-30m), Gharsa (-25m), Djerid (-15m) , Kattara (-135m), Dead Sea (-390m), Lake Assal (-155m) .

DENSITY STREAMS IN STRAITS :

Straits of Gibraltar, Bab el Mendeb, Hormuz .
Gulf of Suez .

BASINS WHICH CAN RECEIVE SEA WATER :

Ouadan, Djarabub and Rub el Khali (East) basins .

Areas containing rifts are excluded and only barren soil areas are included .
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THE THERMAL EQUATOR :

Long stretches of intense sunshine .