Sparsely Populated Area- Namibia

Question 1

Population compared to size

Answer 1

2.5M ppl and 825000 km^2 of land

Question 2

Population density

Answer 2

3 ppl per km^2

Question 3

Named places

Answer 3

Maras region has 0.5 ppl/km^2, Hardap region has 0.7 ppl/km^2

Question 4

Climate reasons for low density

Answer 4

Very dry and little rainfall, not enough to grow crops and hard to build houses, so e areas suffer floods

Question 5

Relief reasons for low density

Answer 5

Steep mountains hard to build houses

Question 6

Economic reasons for low density

Answer 6

Areas w/ lack of jobs so ppl move to urban areas