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    Chapter 17 The Savanna or Sudan Climate Distribution The Savanna or Sudan Climate is a transitional _ rest_of the ‘The annual_| type of climate found between the equatorial forests rainfall for Kano, which is located at a height of 1,539 ‘and the trade wind hot deserts. It is confined wi feet above sea level, is. is inehes andi almos.anptey- focal nS oe same i ant hs mount varies ‘hence its ‘in Gambia on the coast ia Tis ances Wat to only inches at Khartoum, in Sudan in the interior ss inig Both the eth ofthe rainy season and as shown in Fig ia. Its annual preci- PEDRO) WocSOe MASE mich foc Your Climate of the Sudan Type ee Ri ‘The Sudan type of climate is characterized Temperature. ‘The monthly temperature hovers be- by an alt an L.cool, dry tween 70°F. and 90°F. for lowland stations, An illustrated in Fig. 1292). Inthenorthern * annual temperature range of 20°F. is typical, but hs season.normally begins in ther equator. It is, however, interesting to note that the of the region are the the coastal districts. Fig. 128 (a) The Savar northern her (11" S8'N., 8 20° E) ‘Annual precipitation: 34 inches ‘Annual temperature range: 17°F. (89—72°F.) x "e {(b) The Savanna or Sudan Climate in the southern hemisphere Place: Salisbury, Rhodesia (17°45'S., 31°E.) Altitude: 4436 feet ‘Annual precipitation: 32 inches ‘Annual temperature range: 15°F(71 — 6°) highest temperatures do not coincide with the period of se hie fg Je in he notes bem phere) but occur just before the onset of the rainy sais oa in Salis There is is s also a istinci drop im temperature in the rainy pe flo henna es and the:coolet atmoy rupees er but are relatively “i.e sk nine ane bt ae ot dry by the time the the oF sm coasts of the continents, so that grass oa ro that its ‘lative he The doctor” peed ws elt (om eda a m the damp at the rate of - nasi ta it issuch a dry dusty wind that, besides ruining the crops, it also up a thick dusty haze and impedes inland Fiver. navigation Natural Ve tion fhe savanna landscape Bs [earn Ps of along. river ae in height and density away from the equator I ‘They occur a co ater Te season,_wh whe 5 In true savanna lands, ihe gee ta oe, «high. The Blephiant grass may “even 15 1S feet! ‘The grass tends to 129 YYyyjyp Fig. 130 ‘Changes in vegetation from Savanna to desert grow in compact fis and_has_jong roots which reach down in search of water. It appears greenish ‘and well nourished in the rainy season but turns yellow and dies down in the dry season that follows. The grass lics dormant throughout the long, rainless period and springs up again in the next rainy season. In between the tall grass are scattered short trees and low bushes. As the rainfall diminishes towards the deserts the savanna merges into thorny scrub In Australia, this scrubland is particularly well repre- sented by & number of species: mallee, mulga, spinifex ‘grass and other bushes Animal Life of the Savanna The savanns, particularly in Africa, is the home. of weld animals is kav aig gag coun and thousands of animals are trapped or Killed each year by people from all over the world. Some of the aninialS are tracked down for their skins, horns, tusks, bones or hair, others ure captured alive and sent out of Arica as 200 animals, laboratory specimens or pets. There is such a wealth of animal life in Africa 130 Ld that many of the animal films that we see at the cinema are actually taken in the savanna, ‘There are, in fact, two main groups of animals in the savanna, the grass-

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