E:Hot and Semi-Arid Environments Flashcards
(7 cards)
1
Q
Was in Nomadism
A
A lifestyle where people have no fixed location and move from place to place looking for pastures for their animals
2
Q
Who are the Tuareg
A
A group of about 2 million people in Northern Niger and Mali classified as semi-nomadic
3
Q
Who are the Maasai
A
They are a semi-nomadic tribe in East Africa of about 0.5 million
4
Q
Who are the Fulani
A
The largest nomadic group in the world based in Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea
5
Q
Define Desertification
A
Land degradation in arid and semi-arid areas resulting from human action
6
Q
Human causes of desertification
A
-Overgrazing
-Over cultivation
-Over-irrigation leading to salinisation
-Mineral extraction
-Tourism
Deforestation
-Climate Change
-Urbanisation
7
Q
Consequences of desertification
A
- Soil degradation and erosion-salinisation
- Feedback mechanisms: albedo change
- Migration, famine and drought
