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Uploaded on Saturday 25 Feb 2012 by GRID-Arendal

Aridity Zones

Year: 2005 Author: Delphine Digout, UNEP/GRID-Arendal
Description:
Forty percent of Africa's population lives in arid, semi-arid, and dry subhumid areas. Climate change may lead to an increase in arid zones that are susceptible to drought. This graphic shows the locations of humid, moist subhumid, dry subhumid, semi-arid, arid and hyper-arid areas in Africa.
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