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