GY 105 Midterm: GY Test 2 Study Guide
15 Nov 2017
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A landform that rims southern africa from angola to south africa. It forms where the narrow coastal plains meet the elevated plateaus in an abrupt break in elevation. The sahel is mostly affected by desertification. The sahel is a zone of ecological transition between the sahara to the north and the wetter savannas and forest in the south. A form of pastoralism in which animals are taken to high-altitude pastures during the summer months and returned to low-altitude pastures during the winter. Fews stands for famine early warning systems. It is a network that monitors food insecurity throughout the developing world, but especially in sub-saharan africa. By tracking rainfall, vegetation cover, food production, food prices, and regional conflict, the network maps food security along a continuum from food secure to famine. Southern africa is the area most affected by hiv/aids. Hiv prevalence are all located there; south africa, swaziland, lesotho, botswana,
