Drought topic Flashcards

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whst id drougt

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is a temporry or prolongr shortage of water

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2
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it occurs mostly on which areas in Botswana

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It occrs in arid and semi arid areas

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consequeses or effect of drought

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  1. loss of fodder
  2. increase in overgrazing leading to lossin protective cover and plsnt species
  3. incearsed numbers of miscarges due to stess and under weight also still birth are born more
  4. Icreaed death as no. of undre weight is high
  5. Reduced milk production , as now the female cabt access food
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economic effects of dought

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  1. unemployment increses
  2. it slows down the national econnomic growth , delaying economic development
  3. incesed food prices
  4. exportation meaning more costds
  5. more cost to farmers eg. eg death s looes , bmc companies shut down
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enviromental effects of derught

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1.incesed deserification. veld fies, wind and water erosion
2. drought resistant plant become harzardous to anomals
4. increase in podinous plant s
5. increase in diseases
6. lossof plant species due to overgrazing
7. incresed predation
8. incesed stress to animals leading to under weiht, less milk pro, less conception pregnatncies , incresed deaths

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socila efffect of drought

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  1. food shortage
  2. conflicts over water
  3. inceased porverty
  4. public disfaction with the gorvernment responce to droght assistance
  5. mental and physical stress
  6. political conflicts
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7
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dissuss2 solutions to drught

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    1. breeding characyterisation
      # use it ot bred ans make use f avaliable breeds of animals , especilly that rae drught eresistant to cross bred them eg, camels , goats ,
      # use breeding charcterisation for
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