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What are the names of the two tribes that live in What are the names of the two tribes that live in the Sahel? the Sahel?

• Fulani and the Dogon. The Fulani love cattle if you are a true Fulani you display palaaku. The Dogon mostly made up of male secret societies.

.  List and describe a meal they eat. .  List and describe a meal they eat.

• One of the meals the Dogon and the Fulani favor is Groundnut Stew with Chicken.

List and describe four animals that List and describe four animals that live in the Sahel. live in the Sahel.

• The zebu is a type of that has been native since 400 A.D. when it was introduced from India. The giraffe is one of the most frequent browsers of the Sahel. The warthog likes to feed on grass and other growing vegetation. The Senegal Gerbil is the most common mammal found in the Sahel.

The Sahel is in nine countries, list The Sahel is in nine countries, list them. them.

• The nine countries in the Sahel are Chad, Mali, Niger, Sudan, Senegal, The Gambia, Burkina Faso, and Guinea-Bissau.

How much of the Sahel has been How much of the Sahel has been destroyed since the 1970's? Why? destroyed since the 1970's? Why?

• 30% of the Sahel’s trees have been taken down for houses and fire wood.

What is the average temperature in What is the average temperature in the Sahel? Average rainfall? the Sahel? Average rainfall?

• The average temperature is between 73.5 and 86F. The average rain fall is between 2.95 and 21.65 inches of rain.

What bodies of water are located in What bodies of water are located in the Sahel? the Sahel?

• The Senegal, Nile, and Gambia rivers and Lake Chad.

What is the Sahel's most distinctive What is the Sahel's most distinctive feature? feature?

• The flat barren plains.

.  List and describe four types of .  List and describe four types of vegetation. vegetation.

•  The four types of vegetation are the Baobab which is fire and drought resistant, the Acacia which deep roots are ideal for semi-arid climates, the Cram-cram is a prickly short lived plant, the Jujube is a small spiny tree.

What happened in the Sahel What happened in the Sahel between 1960 and 1980? between 1960 and 1980?

• There was a drought that killed thousands of people.

And That Concludes…And That Concludes…

The Sahel By: Ryan Merrikin