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The Middle East and North Africa are so dry because both are on the Tropic of Cancer. Their latitude is right across the Equator where the air sinks causing high temperatures and a lack of rain.
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∙ 13y agoBecause of weather patterns in the ocean and mountain ranges.
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What are dry steam beds in the desert known as?
Arroyos are dry stream beds in the Americas but are known as wadis in Africa and the Middle East.
Why is that north east trade wind blows dry to west Africa?
The North East wind blows over a vast stretch of land with very small stretches of water such as Caspian Sea etc and no ocean and then enters Africa. So it carries almost no water vapour into Africa.
What is the African Grasslands?
A place in What_are_African_grasslandswhere it is really grassy.and they are usually called Savanna Grassland or Tropical Savanna!
What best describes the geography of Africa?
Africa is a continent it contains 61 political territories (including 54 countries) it represents the largest of the great southward projections from the main mass of Earth's surface. It includes, an area of 30,368,609 km² including adjacent islands. Africa is roughly triangular and is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea in the north, the Atlantic Ocean on the West and the Indian Ocean on the East. Africa is intersected through the middle by the Equator, to the north by the Tropic of Cancer and to the south by the Tropic of Capricorn. The northern part of the continent is characterized by the largest dry desert on earth, the Sahara, which extends east to west over the continent. Below the Sahara sits the Sahel, a sprawling grassland that blends into the African Savannah. The central portions of the continent are characterized by sub and tropical rainforests. In this region are the origins of the Nile River (White and Blue Nile), the longest river in the world, which flows south to north through the north eastern regions of the continent. The southern parts of the continent are also in general dry and arid and characterized by two smaller deserts. dry yet grassy Up the east cost of the continent stretches the Great Rift Valley, a fault rift depression; stretching along the length of the fault are a number of small dormant and extinct volcanoes.
What are 2 ways that culture has changed the geography of the middle east?
The oil we buy from there can dry up there soil, which can start a war, and the war we are in with them now can cause political and physical problems in the middle east bt bombs going off chemical warfare and everything in between.
Climate of north Africa and southwest Asia?
This region is usually called MENA which is an acronym for "the Middle East and North Africa".
What four terms are used to Characterize the realm of North Africa and Southwest Asia?
Arab World, Dry World, Islamic World, Middle East
What are dry steam beds in the desert known as?
Arroyos are dry stream beds in the Americas but are known as wadis in Africa and the Middle East.
What is pastoral nomadism?
Pastoral nomadism is a form of subsistence agriculture based on the herding of domesticated animals. The word pastoral refers to sheep herding. It exists in dry climates where planting is impossible, primarily in the arid lands of North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia.
Why is that north east trade wind blows dry to west Africa?
The North East wind blows over a vast stretch of land with very small stretches of water such as Caspian Sea etc and no ocean and then enters Africa. So it carries almost no water vapour into Africa.
What are the rivers in Southwest Asia and North Africa?
There are four permanent rivers in the Middle East: the Nile, the Euphrates, the Tigris, and the Jordan. There are many more rivers, but these are seasonal rivers, which means that they dry out in the summers.
What type of soil does East Africa have?
dry
Where do carpet vipers live?
Carpet vipers, or echis, can be found in the dry regions of Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka.
What animals are herded in east Africa?
the Masai have adapted to the dry grass regions of Kenya in east Africa
What is North Africa's climate?
dry
Where did ostrich live?
Open dry grasslands of East Africa, South Africa, and Saharas.
Where do Palestine's live?
The Palestine Sunbird is native to parts of the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa. The habitats it is found in are dry woodland, scrub and even gardens.
