The Sahel Flashcards
The Sahel is a ___ ___ ___ _____ that is locates ___ ___ ___ _____, and north __ __ ____ that ____ the ____ from ____ __.
strip of dry grassland, south of the Sahara, of the equator, separates, desert, tropical rainforest
The word ____ means ____ or ____.
Sahel, border, margin
It is a ___ ___ ___ ____ that is slowly ____ ___ ____.
dry semi-arid region, turning into desert
It gets ___ ____ than __ _____, but still ______ very ___ (ranging from __-____ inches)
more rainfall, the desert, receives, rain, 6,20
The Sahel is ____ ___ with few ____ and _____.
relatively flat, mountains, hills
People have ____ to ____ ___ but ____ of _____ and _______ have caused ___ _____.
tried, live here, generations, overgrazing, desertification, soil erosion
_____ is ___ here ____ and ____ are unevenly ______.
Vegetation, sparse, grasses, shrubs, distributed
