3 Chapter 2Figure 2.1. Fixation of dunes on the left bank of the Niger, east of Timbuktu (p...Figure 2.2. Cross-section of an afregFigure 2.3. Afregs protecting the Akabli oasis (Algeria). The first dune is over...Figure 2.4. Afregs in the Douz region (southern Tunisia). The dune is about 15 m...Figure 2.5. Location of the Nouadhibou–Zouerate railroad. The zones marked 1 and...Figure 2.6. On the Nouadhibou–Zouerate railroad, workers constantly clear one pa...Figure 2.7. Techniques for destroying a barchan that threatens the Nouadhibou–Zo...Figure 2.8. Extent and thickness of loess in the United States with respect to t...Figure 2.9. Two “identical” photographs of Garden City (Kansas) on Black Sunday ...Figure 2.10. Extension of the Dust Bowl and the migrations associated with the p...Figure 2.11. A farmer watching a dust storm in Cimarron county, Oklahoma (photo ...Figure 2.12. A farm buried under aeolian deposits in Dallas (South Dakota) in 19...Figure 2.13. Septentrional Algeria. The Green Barrier was chiefly established at...Figure 2.14. Precipitations in western Algeria and Morocco, as per Dubief 1959–1...Figure 2.15. The lands of the Green Barrier, near the city of El Bayadh, in a se...Figure 2.16. The Green barrier in the Naama region, Algeria (High Plains in the ...Figure 2.17. Aeolian formations around the Kheneg Menhar (meridional dustfall fr...Figure 2.18. Aeolian formations around Kheneg Menhar (the meridional skirt falli...Figure 2.19. Google Earth image of the coalescent barchans, SW of the Djebel Men...Figure 2.20. Directions of the migration of sands and the barchans of Kheneg Men...Figure 2.21. Wind roses showing the potential migration of sands at the Aïn Séfr...
4 Chapter 3Figure 3.1. The Arid Diagonal within the ancient worldFigure 3.2. Area covered by the desert and area where Islam spread and was estab...Figure 3.3. Transhumance in the mountains of AfghanistanFigure 3.4. Transhumance in the Saharan AtlasFigure 3.5. Pastoralism over small distances. The area traveled by the Ouled Sid...Figure 3.6. Nomad territories in Syria. Spaces where transhumance is practiced o...Figure 3.7. Nomad territories in the Malian Sahel, in South Gourma, in the loop ...Figure 3.8. Nomad territories in southern Tunisia. The territories have been div...Figure 3.9. Tribal borders and political frontiers. Territories of the four larg...Figure 3.10. Traditional water-lifting systems: Archimedes screw, shaduf, noria ...Figure 3.11. The foggara technique. Technique for underwater drainage of a water...Figure 3.12. An example of the Saharan hydraulic systems. Gourara, Touat, Tidike...Figure 3.13. An example of a Saharan hydraulic system: the oases in southern Mor...Figure 3.14. Hydraulic systems in the Arid Diagonal. Hydraulic civilizations wer...Figure 3.15. The hydraulic system in Mesopotamia. These plains owe their rich so...Figure 3.16. The hydraulic system of the Indus Valley. “Today, the developed Ind...Figure 3.17. Some fundamental limits in the deserts of Arid Diagonal. Limits of ...Figure 3.18. State infrastructure and individual land-use. Perimeter of the agri...Figure 3.19. Saharan architecture. Some examples of a ksour, large compact burgs...Figure 3.20. The Silk Route, a route that connected countries from the Levant to...Figure 3.21. The Gold Routes. The caravan trails between the northern and southe...Figure 3.22. A desert city, an Islamic city, Timbuktu. A traditional African cit...Figure 3.23. Supplying water in the desert. A belt of seawater desalination unit...
List of Tables
1 Chapter 1Table 1.1. Computation of the transport coefficients based on the original table...
Guide
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6 Introduction: Aeolian Dynamics and Processes
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