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People contribute to the damage of the Sahara Desert primarily through overgrazing, deforestation, and unsustainable agricultural practices. Overgrazing by livestock depletes vegetation, leading to soil erosion and desertification. Additionally, deforestation for fuelwood and land clearance disrupts the delicate ecosystem, while agricultural expansion often results in the loss of biodiversity and depletion of water resources. These activities exacerbate the desert's expansion and threaten local communities and wildlife.
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What is the main cause of desert conditions in the Sahara?
There are many factors that cause the desert conditions of the Sahara. Some factors that affect the desert are lack of rain and sand.
What problems do droughts cause in the Sahel?
Sahara Desert
How do the winds in the Sahara Desert affect the climate and population of the region?
winds cause sand storms which the people around it have to deal with but the thing that affects the Sahara region climate the most is the lack of rain.
Did overgrazing create the Sahara?
No, overgrazing did not create the Sahara Desert. The Sahara Desert was formed as a result of shifts in the Earth's climate and tectonic plates over millions of years. Human activities like overgrazing and deforestation can exacerbate desertification, but they were not the primary cause of the Sahara.
Are there cavys in the Sahara desert?
NO, cavys (Guinea pigs) can not be found in the Sahara desert, Why? cause they can get heat stroke, plus I'm a 4her so I know that cavys can not be found in deserts. And they can't even live out there for at least 2 hours.
Which one of the cause of aridity most likely related with the development of climatic aridity in case of Sahara desert?
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Why did caravans cross the Sahara Desert?
because they wanted to get gold and food cause they needed it.
How much damage can dynamite cause?
A lot depending on where you set it. You set in an unstable building it will take it to smithereens but in the other hand if you set it of the Sahara Desert or the Ocean there will be minimal damage.
What factors cause the desert to spread in Africa?
Poor farming and grazing practices have led to desertification in the Sahel in Africa below the Sahara.
Where are Sandstorms most Common?
Sandstorms are most common in arid desert regions around the world, such as the Sahara Desert in Africa, the Arabian Desert in the Middle East, and the Gobi Desert in Asia. These regions have the perfect combination of dry, sandy terrain and high winds that can cause sandstorms to occur frequently.
Do more people die in the desert than of dehydration?
More people drown in the desert than by dehydration.
How is the Sahara Desert formed?
There is some dispute about how the Sahara Desert could have been formed.The first view is that a sudden climate change caused the once-fertile region of the Sahara to turn to desert. Computer simulations have indicated that, over a period of just several hundred years following an abrupt climate shift some 4000 years ago, the grasslands of the Sahara gave way to the desert, while summers became longer and hotter. This belief was backed up by the presence (and age) of marine sediments in the region.The second view retains the concept that climate change caused the difference, but that it occurred much more slowly, over thousands of years rather than just hundreds. Global warming is aactually causing a renewal of green growth in some areas.Either way, climate change appears to have been the cause.
