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HOW DO VARIATIONS IN
PRECIPITATION AFFECT THOSE
LIVING IN THE GREATER HORN OF
AFRICA?
Shane Tutass
Bethany Ritz
Amirah Sequeira
Christine Anderson
Sharilyn Phillips
GHA – Greater Horn of Africa
Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania
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Complex Region
Geographic location puts
region in a position to
experience many climate
variables.
Vulnerable agriculture
Third World
Conflict risk
Monsoons
Indian Ocean Dipole
Clausius-Clapeyron Relation
Evapotranspiration related to Temperature
Groundwater Map
Conclusions
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These variations have HUGE effects.
This area is extremely vulnerable.
This area is increasingly drying.
Increasingly important to predict onset and
cessation of Kiremt and Belg rains.
Food and water scarcity.
Predictions save lives.