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Flashcards in Sparsely Populated Area- Namibia Deck (6)
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1
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Population compared to size

A

2.5M ppl and 825000 km^2 of land

2
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Population density

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3 ppl per km^2

3
Q

Named places

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Maras region has 0.5 ppl/km^2, Hardap region has 0.7 ppl/km^2

4
Q

Climate reasons for low density

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Very dry and little rainfall, not enough to grow crops and hard to build houses, so e areas suffer floods

5
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Relief reasons for low density

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Steep mountains hard to build houses

6
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Economic reasons for low density

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Areas w/ lack of jobs so ppl move to urban areas