The common geographic factor for Egypt and the fertile crescent were the big rivers, they made big alluvial deposits on their shores each year and allowed the people to have sufficient amount of food production. That opened the gates for civilizations to flourish in this places.
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The fault lines pull away from eachother and it breaks up into blocks r chunks which are either forced upwards or downwards. As hey move apart these chunks or blocks end up being stacked ontop of one another causing a fault block mountain as the fault lines have been blocked up. An example of a faultblock mountain are the Sierra nevada mountains in North America.
(i dont know how many marks this question is so you may not need that much information)
The climate is too dry and with the very minimal rain fall , not many plants can survive due to the desertification.
