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Goh Cheng Leong Chapter 17: The Savanna or Sudan Climate
Certificate Physical & Human Geography Goh Cheng Leong
Chapter 17: The Savanna or Sudan Climate
Characteristics
- Transition
- Hot rainy & cold dry
- Temp:
- Extreme diurnal temp. – day 100 & night 50 - intense heating in day
- Trade winds bring rain to coastal area – strong in summer and dry in continental interior (scattered tree and short grass)
- Harmattan – Doctor
Vegetation
- Tall grass – 6 to 12 ft. – elephant grass – long roots
- Short trees
- Parkland or bushveld
- Deciduous - acacia
- Water storing – baobab & bottle tree
- Umbrella shaped
- Palm along wet areas
- Rain decreases – thorny scrub (Australia) - mallee, mulga, spinifex
Animals
- Big game country
- Skin, horn, tusk, bone, hair
- Herbivores – alert & swift, speed, zebra, giraffe (long neck) , camouflaged
- Carnivores – lion, tiger – powerful jaw & teeth – yellow brown body match surrounding
- Reptiles & mammals – crocodile, alligator
- National Parks (Kenya-viewing towers)
Tribes – Masai – E. Africa
- Nomadic – Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda
- From 50,000 to 15,000 after clashes & epidemics
- Occupy less favored area of Savanna
- Circular Huts
- Cattles in enclosure at nights
- Zebu cattle – Hump & long horn – symbol of wealth
- Get vegetables from Kikiyu of Kenya – millet, banana
Tribes – Hausa – N. Nigeria
- Settled cultivators in Bauchi plateau
- 6 million people – settled agriculture
- Towns and villages – groundnut, banana, cotton, tobacco – leave it fallow
- Rotate crop in different fields
- Domesticate animals – milk and meat, poultry
- Seedling sprout in heavy rain, weeding with traditional hoes
- Fire caused by Harmattan
Development in Savanna
- Settlements in C. Africa, N. Australia & E. Brazil
- Potential for plantation agriculture
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