The Western Sahara

By Yours Truly,Kourtney Contreras

Geography Landforms<3

Major cities & most known places: LaayouneAd DakhlaAusertGuelta ZemmurSemara

Mountains:Lahraycha, At-Talliya,

Adecmar,

No rivers or lakes, Water suply comesFrom north Atlantic Ocean.

Recreation & outdoor ActivitiesVisiting the Atlantic Ocean is very common.

A lot of hiking

Historical sites!"All the Homeland or Martyrdom" - Polisario slogan above a rock shelter in the Southern Sector of the Free Zone

The West Sahara’s Flag

Black represents death,

the green represents life,

the white represents peace.

Summary of location

The West Sahara is a BIG desert and there really isn’t much to it besides the fact that its extremely dry.

Climate & weather conditions Extremely HOT & DRY

cold offshore air currents produce fog and heavy dew

Transportation

• The western Sahara has No railways!

• But other than that, they use cars, & buses!

• & CAMELS.

FOOODS! LOTS of veggies, & fish

Natural Hazards!

Dust storms !

Religion & Ethnic Group

ISLAM, is the religionArab, Berber are the ethnic groups

Imports & exports

Imports : dry natural gascoal

Exports: coal , rice

Life Expectancy

• Life expectancy at birth: total population: 61.13 years male: 58.94 years female: 63.41 years

FUN facts! (:

The countries which Sahara desert encompasses include Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia and Western Sahara.

The history of the desert dates back to 3 million years ago.

It’s also the second biggest desert in the world!