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DROUGHT

DROUGHT. What are droughts and what are their effects on the African people? . What is a drought? . A drought occurs when an area or region experiences a deficiency in its natural water supply. . What causes a drought? .

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DROUGHT

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  1. DROUGHT What are droughts and what are their effects on the African people?

  2. What is a drought? A drought occurs when an area or region experiences a deficiency in its natural water supply.

  3. What causes a drought? Droughts are caused by a shortage or below average amount of rainfall. Droughts can also be caused by using too much of a nation’s water supply for agricultural purposes.

  4. Effects of Drought Include… Famine Forced migration Military conflict

  5. Effects of Drought Include…. Reduction in the quality of water supply Habitat Damage Malnutrition

  6. What areas of the world experience the effects of droughts? Droughts effect the environments and people of Asia, Australia, Africa, Europe, North America, and South America.

  7. In what regions of Africa are people most effected by drought? The Sahel, East Africa, and Southeastern Africa are the areas most affected by drought.

  8. How do droughts effect the lives of the people of Africa? Combined with other factors, droughts have led to the destruction of hundreds of millions of acres of land used for farming and grazing.

  9. How do droughts effect the lives of the people of Africa? Droughts have led to famines in Africa that have affected the lives of millions of African people.

  10. How do droughts effect the lives of the people of Africa? Droughts have forced millions of Africans to migrate from their homelands in search of water and more fertile areas for farming and grazing.

  11. How do droughts effect the lives of the people of Africa? Droughts have been factors in military conflicts between countries located near the Sahel and in East Africa.

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