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enviornmental issues
Africas eviorm
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| climate | the weather conditions prevailing in a area in general or over a long period. |
| poverty | the state of being extremely porr |
| desertification | process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of a drought or deforestation |
| sahel | a region in Africa |
| deforestation | the purposeful clearing of forested land |
| slash-and-burn agriculture | a farming method that involves cutting and burning of plants in a forest |
| transportation | the action of transporting someone or something |
| high aswan dam | a rock fill dam located at the northern border between Egypt and Sudan |
| overpopulation | the condition or being populated with excessively large numbers |
| poor sanitation | lack of hygienic resources and conditions |
| natural phenomena | those that occur without human manipulation |
| disease | an illness |
| industrial waste | waste produced by industrial activity |
| desert | a dry barren of land |