Asmara's climate can also be considered arid to semi-arid.[1]
This climate is characteristic of rainy, wet seasons and dry seasons. [2]
The long rainy season of the year extends from June until September. The short rainy season occurs from March until April. [3]
Due to variable rainfall, Asmara’s climate is also characterized by drought. [4]
Several prolonged droughts in this region have occurred beginning in the 1960s and have recurred each decade since then. [5]
During periods of drought, temperatures are high and little rainfall occurs. As temperatures of a region increase, the rate of evaporation of water from the soil also increases. These combined processes result in the desertification of the soil. In order to obtain nutrient rich and moist soil, populations rely on deforestation. The removal of forests from the soil allows for the soil to be put to other use.[6]
The most serious environmental issues Asmara faces are deforestation and desertification. Other issues Asmara faces are soil erosion and overgrazing. All of these environmental issues produce soil degradation.[7]
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- ^ Semere, Soloman (23 December 2005). "Groundwater study using remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) in the central highlands of Eritrea". Hydrogeology Journal. 14 (5): 729–741. doi:10.1007/s10040-005-0477-y.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Semere, Soloman (23 December 2005). "Groundwater study using remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) in the central highlands of Eritrea". Hydrogeology Journal. 14 (5): 729–741. doi:10.1007/s10040-005-0477-y.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Semere, Soloman (23 December 2005). "Groundwater study using remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) in the central highlands of Eritrea". Hydrogeology Journal. 14 (5): 729–741. doi:10.1007/s10040-005-0477-y.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Ghebrezgabher, Mihretab (September 7, 2015). "Extracting and analyzing forest and woodland cover change in Eritrea based on landsat data using supervised classification". The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science. 19 (1): 37–47. doi:10.1016/j.ejrs.2015.09.002.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Ghebrezgabher, Mihretab (September 7, 2015). "Extracting and analyzing forest and woodland cover change in Eritrea based on landsat data using supervised classification". The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science. 19 (1): 37–47. doi:10.1016/j.ejrs.2015.09.002.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Ghebrezgabher, Mihretab (September 7, 2015). "Extracting and analyzing forest and woodland cover change in Eritrea based on landsat data using supervised classification". The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science. 19 (1): 37–47. doi:10.1016/j.ejrs.2015.09.002.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Ghebrezgabher, Mihretab (September 7, 2015). "Extracting and analyzing forest and woodland cover change in Eritrea based on landsat data using supervised classification". The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science. 19 (1): 37–47. doi:10.1016/j.ejrs.2015.09.002.
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