Geography - The Living World - Hot Deserts

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Found in the middle of a desert, a surprising water source
Oasis
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The process by which land becomes drier and degraded due to human activity and/or climate change
Desertification
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What can be planted to help reduce desertification?
Trees
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The artificial addition of water to land to help crops grow
Irrigation
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What word can be used to describe the temperatures in hot deserts?
Extreme
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What can be done to water to keep it from running out?
Recycling
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Parts of the world that have very high average temperatures and low precipitation
Hot Deserts
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The removal of solid mineral resources from the earth e.g. iron, fuels, stones
Mineral extraction
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Exhausting the soil of its water and nutrients by planting too many crops
Over cultivation
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The variety of species in a specific habitat or ecosystem
Biodiversity
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The process by which land becomes drier and degraded due to human activity and/or climate change

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Desertification

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What can be planted to help reduce desertification?

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The artificial addition of water to land to help crops grow

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What word can be used to describe the temperatures in hot deserts?

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