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1. How do farmers in the Sahel support themselves?
2. What is the most common animal that can be found in the Sahel?
3. How do humans live in the Sahel?
4. Is Sahel a desert?
5. Which countries lie in the Sahel?
6. Why does the Sahel no longer have good farmland?
7. Why do nomadic tribes use the Sahel?
8. What is the effect of desertification in the Sahel region?
9. How do the oryx go long periods to time without drinking water?
10. Are there elephants in the Sahara desert?
11. Do any animals live in the Sahara desert?
12. What languages do they speak in the Sahel?
13. What is the most valuable resource in the Sahel?
14. Is the Sahel population growing or shrinking?

How do farmers in the Sahel support themselves?

Practices such as rotational grazing, land and tree regeneration, intercropping, and agroforestry can help ensure herders continue to feed their animals while avoiding conflict with farmers over shrinking productive lands, experts say.

What is the most common animal that can be found in the Sahel?

Rodents already reign as the region's most common animal. This type of cattle has been a native of sub-Saharan Africa since roughly 400 AD when it was introduced from India and Pakistan via East Africa. Zebu cattle make up the majority of the cattle herds that dominate the Sahel's landscape.

How do humans live in the Sahel?

Both desert and grazing land, the Sahel has attracted a population as varied as its environment. Some are semi-nomadic cattle herders, moving with the seasonal flooding of the Niger. Others are farmers, eking out a living from millet and sorghum.

Is Sahel a desert?

Sahel, Arabic Sāḥil, semiarid region of western and north-central Africa extending from Senegal eastward to Sudan. It forms a transitional zone between the arid Sahara (desert) to the north and the belt of humid savannas to the south.

Which countries lie in the Sahel?

The Sahel, comprising portions of ten (10) African countries, from left to right: [northern] Senegal, [southern] Mauritania, [central] Mali, [northern] Burkina Faso, [southern] Algeria, [southwestern] Niger, [northern] Nigeria, [central] Chad, [central] Sudan and [northern] Eritrea.

Why does the Sahel no longer have good farmland?

Rainfall—or more specifically, the absence of significant rainfall—is a significant challenge for farmers in the Sahel. Droughts periodically cause severely reduced crop yields.

Why do nomadic tribes use the Sahel?

1. Traditional responses to drought and famine should be taken into account. The way of life of nomadic pastoralists is well adapted to a semi-arid environment. Herders have a variety of adaptive strategies and traditional coping mechanisms to deal with harsh climatic conditions and periodic drought.

What is the effect of desertification in the Sahel region?

Without the roots of trees and other vegetation, the dust is blown away by the wind. As a result of these issues, water has become scarce for people, animals, and plants of the region. Without water and productive land, farmers and herders are unable to sustain their traditional livelihoods.

How do the oryx go long periods to time without drinking water?

Scimitar-horned oryx have an interesting way of coping with a shortage of water. ... In addition to this physiological adaptation to hot and arid environments, they can go for long periods without drinking water. They dissipate heat through their appendages.

Are there elephants in the Sahara desert?

Desert elephants or desert-adapted elephants are not a distinct species of elephant but are African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana) that have made their homes in the Namib and Sahara deserts in Africa.

Do any animals live in the Sahara desert?

Among the mammal species still found in the Sahara are the gerbil, jerboa, Cape hare, and desert hedgehog; Barbary sheep and scimitar-horned oryx; dorcas gazelle, dama deer, and Nubian wild ass; anubis baboon; spotted hyena, common jackal, and sand fox; and Libyan striped weasel and slender mongoose.

What languages do they speak in the Sahel?

The Sahel is widely French-speaking, Islamic and takes its name ("shore") from Arabic.

What is the most valuable resource in the Sahel?

Cotton is the most important cash crop in the Sahel, employing approximately 15 million people, including in indirect jobs (Ferdi, 2016, p. 64). Poor governance and competition from producers in other regions of the world have limited the profitability of Mali's cotton industry (Ferdi, 2016, p.

Is the Sahel population growing or shrinking?

The population is growing very quickly in the Sahel. According to CILSS, there will be 100 million people in the region by 2020 and 200 million by 2050 – almost four times the current population.