Why some places are considered to be extreme environments
Geographic knowledge and understanding
Relief and climatic characteristics that make environments extreme, including unreliability and intensity of rainfall in arid environments and the risk of flash floods
How relief, climate, human discomfort present challenges for human habitation and resource development
Case study or detailed examples
Detailed examples for illustrative purposes of how relief, climate, human discomfort present challenges for human habitation and resource development
Aims of this lesson
To be able to describe the relief and climatic characteristics that make hot and arid environments extreme
To be able to explain the unreliability and intensity of rainfall in arid environments
To be able to explain the risk of flash floods in hot arid environments
To be able to describe and explain how relief, climate, human discomfort present challenges for human habitation and resource development and give detailed examples for each
