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Environmental vocab
Environmental vocabulary of Africa
Term | Definition |
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Climate | weather conditions in areas over a period of time |
Poverty | Being poor and not owning businesses |
Desertification | useful land turning into desert |
Desert | A barren area with no use to it. where there is not a lot of precipitation. |
Sahel | A region located at the at the southern part of the sahara |
Deforestation | cutting down of tress |
Slash-and-bun agriculture | Burning down trees for spare land and fertilizer |
Transportation | Moving from one place to another |
High Aswan Dam | A dam located on the nile river |
Irrigation | To supply land with enough water for crops |
over population | too much people in an area |
poor sanitation | Lack of cleaniness |
Natural phenomena | processes that happen without human interferences |
Diseases | Harmful viruses that causes sickness |
Industrial waste | Waste from industries. |