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Geography (7 concepts of geography (Environment (The word Environment is…

- - - - Modern techniques measure soil moisture and delivering water to plants and animals reduce poor water management techniques and improve results in growth, avoid overwatering which can lead to salty soils. Storing rainwater in dams and adding it to crops during critical growing times.
    - - Soil is the farmers most important resource, farming practices such as ploughing, fertilizing, clearing natural vegetation, irrigating, draining degraded soil to such an extent that the soil can no longer support the same growth of crops as it did in the past. Many farmers are now changing their techniques to minimize their impact on the soil, reducing ploughing, adding mulch and growing plants.
  - - - Connectivity also improves the functioning of markets by allowing farmers and herders to access accurate price information, coordinate transport and other logistics, and facilitate easier exchange of perishable but nutritious foods such as animal products and vegetables. Mobile money and price information also enable pastoralists to adjust herd sizes to changing environmental conditions, while enabling farmers to secure seeds and fertilizer for future harvests. Furthermore, by enabling the quick and secure transfer of funds, mobile-banking services allow producers to access markets more efficiently, reduce their transaction costs, and tap into higher-value market sectors. Mobile payment systems are also facilitating remittances from urban to rural areas, an increasingly important component of rural livelihoods. Of course, the mere existence of this technology will not end hunger. The challenge is to broaden access to all of these tools, and to ensure that they meet the needs of the farmers who use them. This demands that mobile technologies take into account differences in gender, education, and resource levels among farmers, and are responsive to changing circumstances. The impact and success of these tools and programs should be monitored and evaluated, with ineffective approaches being improved or replaced.
- - - - The border is often the thickest line on the map and should be close to the edges of the mapped area.
    - - position with relation to the point of the compass; familiarization with, or adaptation to, a situation.
    - - A map key or legend is included with a map to unlock it. It gives you the information needed for the map to make sense.
    - - Map title is an element in a Map layout that describes the theme or subject of a map.
    - - Map scale refers to the relationship (or ratio) between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground. For example, on a 1:100000 scale map, 1 cm on the map equals 1 km on the ground.
- - - - The desert biome is an ecosystem that forms due to the low level of rainfall it receives each year. Deserts cover about 20% of the Earth. There are four major types of desert in this biome - hot and dry, semiarid, coastal, and cold. They are all able to inhabit plant and animal life that are able to survive there.
    - - Tundra is the coldest of all the biomes. Tundra comes from the Finnish word tunturi, meaning treeless plain. It is noted for its frost-molded landscapes, extremely low temperatures, little precipitation, poor nutrients, and short growing seasons. ... Characteristics of tundra include: Extremely cold climate.
    - - The tropical rain forest biome is an ecosystem that covers about 7% of the Earth's surface. They are found all over the world but the majority of the tropical rain forest lies in South America in Brazil. The weather in the tropical rain forest is rainy yet pleasant all year round, day or night.
    - - Grassland biomes are large, rolling terrains of grasses, flowers and herbs. Latitude, soil and local climates for the most part determine what kinds of plants grow in a particular grassland. A grassland is a region where the average annual precipitation is great enough to support grasses, and in some areas a few trees.
    - - Aquatic regions house numerous species of plants and animals, both large and small. ... The aquatic biome can be broken down into two basic regions, freshwater (i.e, ponds and rivers) and marine (i.e, oceans and estuaries). Freshwater Regions. Freshwater is defined as having a low salt concentration—usually less than 1%.