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2020 WAEC Geography Practical (a) Define climate. (b) Draw the globe and show the three climatic belts of the...

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WAEC 2020

(a) Define climate.
(b) Draw the globe and show the three climatic belts of the Greek System of Classification.
(c) List three areas of hot deserts
(d) Outline three characteristics of hot deserts.

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Explanation

(a) Definition of climate: Climate is the average Condition of the atmosphere of a place taken over a long period of time usually 30- 40 years.
(b) Diagram above shows the Climatic belts of the Greek System of classification

(c) Areas of hot desert climates: North Africa -Sahara Middle East - Arabian desert; Iran - Iranian desert; lndia - Thar desert; Australia GreatAustralian desert, South America (Peru) Atacama/Peruvian desert; North AmerIca (California/Mexico)- Mohave desert; S. W. Africa (Angola)-Kalahari desert, S.w. Africa (Namibia) -Namibia desert.
(d) Characteristics of hot geserts: - high temperatures usually above 30°c; aridity; varied annual range of temperatures (9- 20°c); - high rate of evaporation; high daily Emperature range (17o- 22°c); - low relative humidity is low usually below 30%, - frost may Occur at night;- low annual rainfall below 25Umm, - many months without rainfall, up to 10 months, - rainfall is usually sudden and violent (unreliable) - insolation is intense and duration is long, Wind erosion is predominant; cloudless sky; - Occasional dust storms, associated with trade Winds; presence of specially adapted plants, - little or no vegetation; presence of hard pans.


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