1. Sahel By: Emily Witham

2. What are the two types of tribes and their customs? The tribe is Fulani Send boys to dry- season camp for months at a time They love cattel For showing strength the beat each other with walking sticks The tribe is Dogon The 12 year olds get to play in the rituals The 12 year olds get to play in the rituals Their town is shaped as a human body

3. What the Sahel people eat? They eat groundnut stew with chicken. They eat groundnut stew with chicken. It is made out of peppers, meat and more. It is made out of peppers, meat and more.

4. The Animal’s of Sahel The Elephant is a big animal with a big long trunk. The Giraffe is a tall skinny animal with a long neck. The Sheep is a fluffy short animal with a white coat. The Goat is a short animal with horns or antlers.

5. What are the nine countries in the Sahel?  Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, the Gambia, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Sudan.

6. How much of the Sahel has been destroyed scince the 1970’s? 30% of its trees have been tarred down for fire wood and houses

7. What is the climate like in the Sahel? ► On average 73.5-86 F. ► Sometimes it will get hot

8. What is the average temperature in the Sahel? Average rainfall?  On average 77-86 and the average rainfall is 14.77-21.65 inches annually.

9. What bodies of water are located in the Sahel? The bodies of water are Senegal, Gambia, The Nile, Lake Chad The bodies of water are Senegal, Gambia, The Nile, Lake Chad

10. What is the Sahel's most distinctive feature? The Sahel most distinctive feature is it flat barrens.

11. The four types of vegetation. Tropical Rain forest is very wet and humid, Dry is very hot and without many water, Brush-land has lots of trees and brushes, and Mediterranean.

12. What happened in the Sahel between 1960 and 1980? There was a drought that killed thousands of people and animals There was a drought that killed thousands of people and animals

13. THE END That is the SAHEL