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More desert -> Less farmland and habitable areas -> Less food
The effect of less food would lead to more problems
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 8y agoPoor farming practices as well as over grazing have hastened the desertification of the Sahel.
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What is the word for spread of desert like conditions?
Desertification is the term for the spreading of deserts. It is best known in the Sahel in Africa below the Sahara.
What process threatens the sahel?
Desertification - the southward spread of the Sahara - is the major threat to the Sahel.
How do people live in the Sahel Desert?
The Sahel is not a desert, it is a semiarid grassland south of the Sahara. People farm and graze domestic animals
People in the Sahel region learned to farm the?
the savannas
Why do people farm in the Sahel Desert?
Millet is grown in the Sahel because it is a drought-tolerant crop. The Sahel runs the length of Africa as the transition zone between the Sahara and the fertile jungles of southern Africa.
Why do deserts spread?
While climate change is contributing to the spread of some deserts, poor farming practices and overgrazing by livestock make a big impact, especially in the Sahel south of the Sahara.
What is the word for spread of desert like conditions?
Desertification is the term for the spreading of deserts. It is best known in the Sahel in Africa below the Sahara.
What three vegetation areas in Africa have very few people?
Deserts,semi-arid areas such as the Sahel and tropical rainforest's
What process threatens the sahel?
Desertification - the southward spread of the Sahara - is the major threat to the Sahel.
How have the Niger and Senegal rivers affected the people of the Sahel throughout history?
They have provided transportation adn water for irrigation.
How have the Niger and the Senegal rivers affected the people of the Sahel throughout history?
They have provided transportation adn water for irrigation.
Why do scientists think that the sahel may not remain a desert?
The Sahel is not a desert, it is a separate biome from the desert. However, as the Sahara continues to spread, the Sahel will become part of the Sahara.
Why do scientists think that Sahel may not remain a desert?
The Sahel is not a desert, it is a separate biome from the desert. However, as the Sahara continues to spread, the Sahel will become part of the Sahara.
What two deserts border the Red Sea?
Sahara Desert. Empty Quarter.
Who lives in the Sahel Desert?
There is no Sahel Desert. The Sahel is a grassland, not a desert. So, the answer to your question is that nobody lives in the Sahel Desert but people do live in the Sahel grassland.
How might desertification affect people's lives in the Sahel?
The Sahel is a grassland. Desertification turns food grazing and farmland into unusable desert. Since the Sahel is used for both farming and grazing, it would hurt the economy of the Sahel people.
What do the people in the sahel do?
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