Climate, Location, and Where People Live

Sahara, Sahel, savanna, rainforest

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Where is it?

----SAHARA-----------SAHEL-------

S AN

V

AN

A

RAINFOREST

North

ern p

art o

f Afri

ca Between the Sahara and the savanna

Stretches across the continent

Below the Sahel

and down the east coast

On the west coast in the

center of the continent

Describe it

----Hot & Dry-------Semi-arid with short grasses---

G ra

al

ss

Thick Jungle

Hot & Humid

n

d

What do thepeople do to survive?

-Nomadic- moving from place to place trading-

----Herding & some farming----

F a

R

ra

&mHunting &

Gathering

nch

How do the People travel?

----Camel-----------Foot-------

Foot

Traditi

onally

Today moreModern modes of

transportation are used except in the rainforest

where it is too dense to use modern transportation

What is threatening the environment?

---It keeps growing---Desertification due to drought &

over-grazing

O vo

ep

pr

Deforestationl

ut a

ion

How many People live there?

------1 per sq. mi.-----------50-100 per sq. mi.-----

2 50

0

03

-

15-20 per sq. mi.per

sq. mi .

Climate, Location, and Where People Live

Sahara, Sahel, savanna, rainforest

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