Extreme Living: The Sahara

How satellite images revealed agriculture could be possible in one of the driest environments on the planet.

Human Geography - Orientation And Settlements - Learning Points.

30% of the world's freshwater reserves are locked away underground.

In 1981, Dr Farouk El-Baz discovered freshwater beneath the Sahara, using radar photography.

Since 1981, 540 wells have been dug in the area of land between Egypt and Sudan.

In parts of the Sahara there are now patches of green land where farming is possible.

A Twig Context Film.
Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum. Twig’s context films show abstract concepts in action in the real world.