2. Mauritania is …
located North/West Africa
southwest of Algeria
west of Mali and north of
Senegal
Its absolute location is
20°N, 12°W
LOCATION
4. Some of the Landforms in the country
are the Adrar Plateau, Sahara Desert.
2 bodies of water are Lake Rose and
Lake Malika.
Some of the natural resources are iron
ore, and gypsum
2 languages are Arabic and Wolof with
Arabic being the national language
PLACE
5. The population of this country is
approximately 3,281,364
The life expectancy is 57.92 years old.
The type of government in this
country is a democracy.
PLACE (CONTINUED)
7. Mauritanians export products fish, fish
products, and copper
They also import machinery and
equipment, petroleum products, and
capital goods
They only have one national TV station.
They have about 75,000 internet users.
That’s not that much compared to our
488,005,400
2,966km of their roads are paved but
8,100km are not.
MOVEMENT
19 of their airports are unpaved and only 9
are paved
9. It is located in Northwest Africa
Mauritania is in the Tropics
The average temperature is 100°F
The yearly rainfall is 10cm
The climate of this area is much hotter
but has much less rainfall
REGION
10. Mauritanians have learned to conserve the
little water that is potable. (only 40% of
villages have potable water.)
Overgrazing, deforestation, and soil erosion
are being aggravated by drought and are
contributing to desertification.
For biodiversity, Mauritania ha many National
Parks and Nature Reserves
Mauritania has a new government that is
trying “tackle” or control waste management.
HUMAN ENVIRONMENT
INTERACTION
