Western Asia
Western Asia, West Asia, Southwestern Asia or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost subregion of Asia. It includes Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, the Levant, Mesopotamia, the Sinai Peninsula and Transcaucasia. The region is considered to be separated from Africa by the Isthmus of Suez adjacent to Israel and separated from Europe by the waterways of the Turkish Straits and the drainage divide of the Caucasus Mountains. Central Asia lies to the northeast of Western Asia while South Asia lies to the east.
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