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Sahara Desert Essay

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Geographical process:

The Atmospheric process links to the climate in the Sahara desert because of the prevailing wind, which blows from the northeast towards the equator throughout the year, this accounts for the deserts aridness. When the wind moves southwestward, the air warms which results in it releases rainfall because the humidity.

The Biotic process is linked with the sahara desert because Desert animals have made adaptations as well as plants, even their features and behavior have adapted to the Sahara Deserts conditions. Some examples of animals that have adapted to the desert are camels, scorpions, birds and spotted hyena, the plant that has also adapted to the Sahara Desert is the welwitschia plant because of its long roots that reach as much water as possible. Plants that survive in the deserts are called xerophytes plants.

The Geomorphic process links with the Sahara desert because of its different landscape types, the most abundant of these include the Sahara's dunes, which makes up nearly a quarter of the total area. The Sahara desert is a typical aeolian …show more content…

The Sahara Desert has a population of around 4 million people. Most of the people that live in the Sahara Desert are nomads who move from region to region throughout the Desert. For the people that live in cities or villages on fertile oases, crops and the mining of minerals like iron ore and copper are important to the industries becaused that have allowed the population centers to grow in numbers. The community in the Sahara desert is called the bedouin. Life for the bedouin people is extremely hard due to the lack of rain. The bedouin people are scattered around North Africa. The bedouin people do not have proper shelter and there is not even a grass area nearby. The Sahara desert is also a tourist destination for people who want to experience a new place that they haven't been to

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