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world geo. africa
africa south of the sahara
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| plateau | a raised area of relatively level land |
| great rift valley | a series of broad, steep walled valleys that stretch from the red sea to Mozambique. |
| sahel | a semiarid region south of the Sahara desert |
| desertification | the process by which land that can be farmed or lived on can be lived on turns into desert, the spread of the desert |
| drought | a long period of time without rain |
| savanna | a flat grassland in a tropical or subtropical region with scattered trees and shrubs |
| nonrenewable resources | a resource that cannot be replaced or that can be replaced only over millions of years |
| renewable resources | a resource that can be used and replaced over a relatively short time period |