1HV - Chapter 2 - Lesson 5 - Dry region

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LANDSCAPE ZONES

in the world

Today's Lesson 

To do: 

-Research dry regions

-Read par.2

-Look at its location

-dry climates

Goals: 

-You can explain in 3 steps why it is dry at 30° northern and southern latitude (G51).

-You can name two ways of how people can survive in dry regions.

-You can give a natural cause for desertification in the Sahel.

-You can explain how population growth leads to desertification in the Sahel.

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION

Precipitation:

Precipitation:

Precipitation:

C+D+E

ON THE NEXT SLIDE

Irrigation

Desertification

Overgrazing

Look at this figure. In part of Africa is Mali located?

1. In the north
2. In the south
3. In the west
4. In the east

What landscape do you see in the south of Mali?

1. desert
2. savannah
3. steppe
4. tropical rainforest

desert

steppe

savannah

more than 500 mm per year

0 - 250 mm per year

four to six mounthe precipitation

250 - 500 mm per year

almost no precipitation at all:

only three or four months per year

What do we need for convectional rainfall?

1. A sea
2. Low temperatures
3. Mountains
4. High temperatures

Where in the world are deserts located?

1. around 10° N and 10° S
2. around 20° N and 20° S
3. Between 10° and 30° N and S
4. between 20° and 40° N and S