Answer the following questions.
Where is Saudi Arabia located?
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2. How are camels adapted to the desert conditions?
3. How are sand dunes formed?
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Write a short note on the nomadic herders of Saudi Arabia.
5. What are oases? Name a few crops cultivated here.
6. What is simoom?
Answers
Answer:
2. Camels are well adapted for survival in the desert. Their adaptations include: large, flat feet - to spread their weight on the sand. thick fur on the top of the body for shade, and thin fur elsewhere to allow easy heat loss.
3. A dune is a mound of sand formed by the wind, usually along the beach or in a desert. Dunes form when wind blows sand into a sheltered area behind an obstacle. Dunes grow as grains of sand accumulate. Every dune has a windward side and a slipface.
4. Nomadic Bedouin tribes dominated the Arabian Peninsula before the rise of Islam. Family groups called clans formed larger tribal units, which reinforced family cooperation in the difficult living conditions on the Arabian peninsula and protected its members against other tribes.
5. Dates, cotton, olives, figs, citrus fruits, wheat and corn (maize) are common oasis crops. Underground water sources called aquifers supply most oases. ... Communities have traditionally planted strong trees, such as palms, around the perimeter of oases to keep the desert sands from their delicate crops and water.
6. a hot, dry, dust-laden wind blowing in the desert, especially in Arabia.
Answer:
1. Asia
2. Camels are well adapted for survival in the desert. Their adaptations include: large, flat feet - to spread their weight on the sand. thick fur on the top of the body for shade, and thin fur elsewhere to allow easy heat loss.
3. Sand dunes are formed when wind blows sand into a sheltered area behind obstacle.