Across
- 4. region in Sudan where conflict over water supply and desertification are a current crisis
- 5. the type of farming that is small-scale, providing enough crops for families/small communities in the rural areas of the desert
- 6. the ________ industry has taken off in the Thar, mainly from Pakistan with the increasing availability of camel treks
- 8. _______ scarcity and drought is a particular challenge for economic development in the desert
- 10. camels store _______ in their humps to convert to energy in times of food scarcity
- 11. soil ___________ is the degradation of soil by wind or rain
- 12. desert _______ are the areas at risk of desertification
- 14. cacti have fleshy stems that store _______ to help them survive in times of drought
- 17. extreme ___________ (sometimes exceeding 50°C) makes daytime outdoor work dangerous and impossible and can also cause rapid evaporation of water stores
- 18. to protect an entire area of land from livestock/farming we can designate it as a _________ ______ where these damaging activities are banned
- 20. _____________ is a challenge in the desert as many communities are rural. Roads made of tarmac are prone to melting or being covered in sand storms.
- 23. _____________ development is the improvement in wealth
- 24. the name of the tree planting project in the Sahel that aims to stabilise the soil and provide nutrients to soil by leaf litter
- 25. ______________ technology such as solar cookers can reduce communities reliance on fuelwood while still meeting their domestic needs
Down
- 1. the most densely populated desert in the world (30 million people) slightly smaller than the UK
- 2. a heavily extracted mineral that enables infrastructure development in the Thar is _______ as a component in cement
- 3. the arid biome that receives under 250mm precipitation annually
- 4. the process whereby fertile land is lost due to soil degradation and turns to dust
- 7. soil becomes exhausted and infertile due to continuous planting of crops on the same piece of land, this is called...
- 9. the desert fringe region of Africa below the Sahara desert that is at high risk of desertification
- 13. vegetation roots bind the soil together to maintain _________ meanwhile providing shelter preventing wind erosion
- 15. a development opportunity in the Thar is ________ energy, as there is consistent low cloud cover and high insolation
- 16. livestock (e.g. cows) deplete the vegetation cover of an area of land leaving behind unsheltered and bare soil
- 19. the low-lying shrub species that is planted to manage desertification by binding the soil together and provide grazing for wildlife
- 21. the water used to grow crops on farmland
- 22. the name for wood that is used to maintain fires for domestic community use (e.g. cooking, hygeine)