THE SAHARAlike six to ten thousand years ago…

Marylène & Hugo D – Curious Rhinos‘s members

…until tomorrow

WHERE?

WHERE?

Algeria

SudanChadNigerMali

Morocco

Tunisia

Mauritania

LibyaEgypt

TODAY

INFORMATION

Area: 9 065 000 km2

Max Altitude : 3 415 m (Emi Koussi mont) Max Temperature : 58 °C Min: -18 °C Amount of rain : 25 millimeters/years

(Comparative: 88 millimeters to Bordeaux on the 07.20.1883 in 30 minutes)

Natural resources: oil, manganese, copper, iron, phosphate, uranium

Main cities: Laâyoune, Dakhla, Smara, Boujdour

YESTERDAY

WHY?

The Alizés

Global warming

5600 and 2700 years ago

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RESULT

TOMORROW

TOMORROW

SOURCES

http://amis-pic-laperrine.forumpro.fr/t306-6000-ans-d-histoire-du-sahara

http://www.astronoo.com/actualites/sahara.html

http://www.sitedugenie.com/culture/sciences/sahara.html

http://www.insu.cnrs.fr/co/environnement/climats-du-passe/l-aridification-du-sahara-se-serait-faite-progressivement

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