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Deserts
Figure 17.2
Movement of Sediment by Wind (3)
Figure 17.6
Windblown Dust (6)
Figure 17.7
Figure 17.8
Wind Erosion
Deflation (2)
Deflation (4)
Figure 17.10
Abrasion
Figure 17.11
Figure 17.12
Figure 17.13
Eolian Deposits
Dunes (1)
Figure 17.14
Dune Types
– Barchan dune.
– Transverse dune.
– Linear dune.
– Star dune.
– Parabolic dune.
Figure T17.1
Barchan Dune
Figure 17.17
Transverse Dune
Linear Dune
Parabolic Dune
Loess
Deserts
Figure 17.22
Types and Origins of Deserts (2)
Desert Climate
Figure 17.25
Desert Streams and Associated
Landforms (3)
Figure 17.28
Desert Streams and Associated
Landforms (6)
Desertification (1)
n In the region south of the Sahara lies a belt of dry
grassland known as the Sahel (rainfall is normally only
100 to 300 mm).
n In the early 1970s, the drought-prone Sahel experienced
the worst drought of the twentieth century.
l For several years in succession the annual rains failed to appear,
causing adjacent desert to spread southward (as much as 150
km).
l The drought affected a population of at least 20 million people,
many of them seminomadic herders of cattle, camels, sheep, and
goats.
Desertification (2)
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Figure 17.32
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