A climatic environment has annual rainfall of only 50-250mm, mean annual temperature of 8-20 degrees C, and weathering that reaches a depth of only up to 2 metres. Which climatic environment is this?

Ahot desert/semi-arid.

Bequatorial/tropical rainforest.

Ctropical continental/savanna.

DMediterranean.

Explanation

Very low rainfall, a wide temperature range and very shallow weathering are all typical of a hot desert/semi-arid environment.

Derived from ZIMSEC Geography 2248/2 Paper 2, November 2013, Q1

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