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You intend to carry out a field study in an arid area near your school. (i) State two reasons for carrying out a pre-visit. (ii) Apart from...

      

You intend to carry out a field study in an arid area near your school.
(i) State two reasons for carrying out a pre-visit.
(ii) Apart from Barchan state three depositional features they are likely to have identified.
(iii) State four positive effects of deserts features to man that you are likely to identify.

  

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Kavungya
(i) Reasons for a pre-visit
- Familiarize with the area of the study.
- Determine routes to follow
- Decide on the methods of data collection and recording.
- Know materials / equipment to carry.
- Identify likely problems and seek for solution.
- Helps formulate relevant objectives and hypothesis.
- Helps draw a working schedule.

(ii) Depositional features.
- Self dunes.
- Transverse dunes.
- Drass.
- Coess.

(iii) Positive effects of desert features to man identified.
- A scenery that attracts tourists.
- Extreme ground for testing bombs / films development.
- Sand harvested for building and construction industry.
- Loess deposit areas rich for agriculture.
- Oasis provide water for settlement / livestock.
- Salts from playas / salines exploited for income.
- Strong winds tapped for energy / hot sun for solar energy.
- Loess deposits curved into cool dwellings in summer.
Kavungya answered the question on November 14, 2022 at 11:46


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