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Physical geography
Rabat
Algiers
Tunis
Tripoli
Cairo
Nouakchott
Khartoum
Dakar
Niamey
Bissau
NDjamena
Bamako Ouagadougou
Freetown
Abuja
Yamoussoukro
Monrovia
PortoNovo
Accra
Douala Bangui
Malabo
So Tom
Libreville
Brazzaville
Kinshasa
Asmara
Djibouti
Juba
Addis Abeba
Mogadishu
Kampala
Nairobi
Kigali
Bujumbura
Dodoma
Luanda
Maroni
Lilongwe
Lusaka
Harare
Windhoek
Gaborone
Pretoria
Maputo
Maseru
Antananarivo
Climate in Tunisia
Kppen climate classification
Dry-summer orMediterranean
climates :
( Csa )
Steppe climate (Semi-arid) BS:
Hot steppe ( BSh )
Steppe climate (Semi-arid) BS:
Cold steppe ( BSK )
Desert climateBW:
Hot desert ( BWh )
Climate diagram
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3
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Drought ( and Aridity ) has become longer, more frequent and more
severe and intense . ( 1758 to 1900 : 4 droughts and after 1900 : 20 droughts )
Floods are extreme events but should be mentionned because they
costed peoples lives .
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7000
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Coastline : Loss by
submersion
Agricultural
lands
Built-up areas
Irrigable land
3800
28% 00H
Water
resources
50%
Loss by
salinization of
the resources
currently
available in
coastal
aquifers
Forest loss by
bush fires
30%
Reduction of
Agricutural
Gross
Domestic
Product
Health
concerns
The resurgence
and
Tourism
A2 Scenario
Coastline
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others
-Introducing a climate
monitoring and early warning
system .
-Conserving and exploiting
genetic heritage to adapt crops
to climate change .
-Updating the agricultural map
to take into account the
impacts .
Water resources
projects to transfer and reuse
treated wastewater .
Ecosystems
-Conservation of the ecological
functions of low-lying coastal
areas .
-Rehabilitation of forest
nurseries .
-Management of the degraded
rough grazing .
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Raise awareness