“Climate is extreme, rainfall is scanty and the people used to be nomadic herders”.
The above statement best describes which of the following regions?
(a) African Savannah
(b) Central Asian Steppe
(c) North American Prairie
(d) Siberian Tundra
Answers
Answer:
Central Asian Steppe
Explanation
A steppe can be defined as a dry, grassy plain. Steppes usually occur in temperate climates, which straddle the tropics and polar regions. Temperate regions have distinct seasonal temperature changes.The winters are cold and the summers are warm. Steppes receive 25 to 50 centimeters (10-20 inches) of rain each year they are thus are semi-arid.
"The Great Steppe", is found in Eastern Europe and Central Asia,it is the world's largest steppe region.
It is found in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia. The climate found here is harsh with dust storms.The rainfall is negligible and the temperatures range from – 4 to 50 degree Celsius.
Answer:
In general, nomadic herder people are the type of people who do not stick to any one settlements. They keep on traveling from one place to another to graze their animals.
Explanation:
There certainly can be more than one reasons so as to why these people move from one place to another with their animals and cattle.
One of the main reasons could be shortage of green and fresh grazing grounds for their animals and herds. Apart from this, it could also mean that the climatic conditions are not very much favorable so not much of green pastures are available.
Generally, places that have less green outgrowths and harsh climatic conditions would only force people to be nomadic herder.
African savannah is one such example of a place that has harsh climatic conditions through out the year. During summer the climate is extremely hot with less of green grazing grounds and so people have to keep moving from one place to another in search for grazing grounds. Even during winters, as it is extremely cold so grass is not much surplus to feed all animals.
This forces the people to move very often from one place to another in search of better grazing grounds.