Geography retry paper 1

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  • Created by: IJM22
  • Created on: 10-01-19 21:39
Where is the desert located?
Around 30° North and South of the equator
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What are the threats to Malaysia's rainforest?
Logging, Mineral extraction, Population pressure and commerical farming
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What is selective logging?
Only when fully-grown trees are cut down
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Population pressure?
When poor people were encouraged by the goverment to move into the countryside from the rapidly growing cities
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What is soil erosion?
Removal of soil by wind and rain
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How can trees affect climate?
By giving off mositure by the process of transpiration;deforestation reduces the moisture in the air resulting in a drier climate
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What are the threats to Malaysia's rainforest?

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Population pressure?

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