Geography Sahel Desertification Case Study
- Created by: Samantha Arend
- Created on: 25-05-13 13:27
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- Sahel Desertification
- Location
- Savanna grassland on southern edge of the Sahara Desert
- Africa
- Facts
- Dry season
- 9 months
- Wet season
- 1000mm rain
- July - September
- Unreliable
- Not filling underground water supplies
- Unreliable
- July - September
- 1000mm rain
- Bare dry soil
- Washed away by heavy rain
- Nutrients washed out of soil
- Commercial farming
- Soil is quickly worn out
- Farmers in Sahel are very poor
- They depend on firewood
- Low water supply for population and animals
- Dry season
- Cause
- Overgrazing
- More goats and cattle are kept
- Over cultivation
- To feed growing population
- Deforestation
- More firewood needed and more buildings
- Drought
- Climate is more extreme
- Overgrazing
- Sustainable Management
- Afforestation
- Newly planted trees
- Stone lines
- Reduce soil erosion and encourages infiltration
- Decreasing livestock
- Harvest branches not trees
- Crop rotation
- Collect rainwater from roofs of buildings
- Education for farmers
- Afforestation
- Location
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