Sunday, March 8, 2009
Introduction on Sahel
The Sahel region is a semi-arid region locate near the north of Africa. The Sahel Region is a band the crosses Africa.. This band covers 1,178,800 square miles of Africa and is about 620 miles wide. This region gets roughly 200mm north and 600mm south rainfall each year. The Sahel region covers many countries such as Chad, Mali, Niger, and even Sudan. Many people populate this region however most of the people are semi-nomads. These people farm and raise livestock. Main crops are millets and peanuts. The region of Sahel has been struck by many disasters such as a drought that lasted 6 years and a widely spread famine. Since these disasters have struck this region the Sahel is now know to be the poorest and most environmentally damaged place on earth.
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I like the tree :)
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ReplyDeleteGood job i think that you did it very well giving a little information so that people can just get to know a little bit about the sahel and I think that people would be interested and read on
ReplyDeletegood job on the the detailed suimmaruy and I think people are able to get a little infomation aobut the region. I also like them ap so that they know where the region is
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ReplyDeleteI think this a great post. You've included a map of the area and a picture to give an idea of what the area is like. Great Job!-Hugo
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I like the detailed summary - Mark
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ReplyDeleteThe summary is detailed,I like the map.-John
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ReplyDeleteI really like that detaild summary - Jeff
ReplyDeletereally detailed - Shu-Yu
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