GCSE Geography – Reducing desertification

Last updated: 27/01/2021
AQA GCSE Geography GCSE Geography – Reducing desertification
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  1. Approximately how many people live in the Sahel region?

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  2. Approximately how much land is Niger losing each year to desertification?

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  3. What do the majority of people who live in Niger, suffer from?

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  4. How far do some women in Niger, have to go each day to collect water for their families?

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  5. Which of the following is NOT one of the measures implemented by local people in Niger, to help preserve soil quality?

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  6. Which part of a tree helps to stabilise the soil?

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  7. What is a bund?

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  8. The African Union plans plant to plant a wall of trees across the whole of Sahel region. What is this proposal called?

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  9. What is one of the most damaging human activities in the desert fringes of Sahel?

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  10. People in the Sahel have no access to gas or electricity. What do local people use for fuel?

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  11. Charities distribute equipment that allows local people to cook using local materials. What is the name of the appropriate technology?

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  12. Some stoves incorporate a thermocouple, which generates electricity from the heat. What does this enable people to do?

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  13. Which is an important source of energy for people in the Sahel?

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  14. What is essential to commercial farmers to assist with their crops growing?

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  15. Too much irrigation can lead to problems for the soil. What is this problem called?

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  16. In Australia, what is an embankment called, that is built along the contours of slopes to prevent soil being washed away?

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  17. In Australia, what are the low walls called that are used to enclose areas of land, to store water?

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  18. Which part of a tree provides nutrients for the soil?

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  19. What happens to the soil when trees are cut down?

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  20. Some areas of desert have been designated as National Parks. How big is the Desert National Park in the Thar Desert, India?

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  21. What is the National Park called that protects a desert canyon, near Las Vegas?

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  22. Which of the following benefits, does the Prosopis Cineraria tree in the Thar Desert, NOT provide for use by the local population?

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  23. Too much irrigation can lead to salination of the soil. What is salination?

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  24. The high rate of evaporation (salinisation) leads to a build up of salts on the surface of the soil. What does this do the soil and plants?

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