Question

Explain the major economic activities of Sahara desert

Answer 1

Economic activities in Sahara:

1. Rearing livestock such as goats, sheep, camels and horses.
2. Trading in leather belts, slippers, water bottles; hair is used for mats, carpets, clothes and blankets.
3. In oasis - people grow date palms and crops like rice, wheat, barley and beans etc.
4. Textile - Egyptian cotton.
5. Petroleum products like oil and natural gas.
6. Minerals like iron, phosphorus, manganese and uranium.