Chapter 11 Curriculum
Module 11 Course Notes
Introduction to Dryland Strategies
Dryland Strategies
Precipitation
Temperature
Climatic Factors in Drylands
Soil
Pot System
Landscape Features in Deserts
Desert Valley Profile in Fold Mountains
Total Desert Strategies
Scarps and Wadis
Development of a Desert Scarp Profile
Scarp and Wadi Drainage
Scour Holes
Sandstone Valley Scarps and Caves
Scarp and Wadi Elevation
Scarp and Wadi Plan
Residuals, Domes and Inselbergs
Rock Dome Water Led to Vegetation
Inselbergs
Fold Mountains
Desert Mountain Profile
Fold Mountains
Headwater Stream Diversion
Dune Country
Machine Blades for Pitting
Dune Stabilisation
Dune Stabilisation Strategies
Depressions and Basins
Scalds
Revegetation of Scalds
Claypans
Saltpans and Salt Lakes
Gilgais
Flood-Outs, Gullies and Badlands
Strategies for Healing Active Gully Erosion
Riplines Divert Water from Gully Erosion
A Series of Weirs and Gabions
Stony Desert
Gibber Desert in Windrows
Lower Foothills and Plains
Ditch and Bank Landscape in Plains
Yeomans’ Shallow Swales
Swale Construction
Harvesting of Water in Arid Lands
The Conservation of Rainwater
Bare Rock Slab with Gutter to Storage
Large Tanks Forming Foundations
Swales for Roof Drip
Water Harvesting on Open Sites for Tanks or Cisterns
Run-Off Agriculture
Clay Catchment Sloping to Cistern
Strategies in Headwaters
Water Spreading
Salt in Landscape Water
Halting and Absorbing Water Run-Off
Designs for Sorting Preferred Soilds
Limonia
Aquifer Intake Areas
Quanats
Infiltration
Slope Stabilisation for Infiltration
Floodwater Harvesting
Braided Streams
Braided Streams and Notches Weir
Notches Weir (Elevation)
Scour Holes
Scour Hole Lagoon, Mulch Fence
Sandy River Beds
Pitting in Sands and Light Soils
Spilling Water Downslope in Fragile Soils
Very Long Spreader Banks
Grassed Spillways with Steering Banks
Sealed Spillways to Splash Pools
Sand Dams and Clearwater Reservoirs
Clearwater Dam
Dams
Clearwater Dam Bled off Sandtrap
Rock Holes
Evaporation and Evapotranspiration
Conservation of Water in Transit
Structure of Dams
Three Dams in Series Reduce Evaporation
The Desert House
Isolated and Multiple Storey Housing
Site Conditions
Underground and Earth Sheltered
Large Shallow Leach Fields
Forestieri House
Cave Houses
Caves with Cool or Warm Air Supply
Earth Sheltered Housing
Earth Sheltered Surface Housing
Surface Housing
Hill Stepped Houses Compacted by Bulldozer
Cool Air Tunnel
Placement of Vegetation Around Dryland Houses
Correct Placement of Systems Around the House
Staple Foods
Vines
Home Energy Conservation
House Water Conservation
The Desert Garden
Matching Up Earth Bed, Irrigation, Soil Treatment, and Plant Species
Earthshaping within Gardens
Plants in Difficult Soils
Keyhole Bed
Plan of Vines Over Garden
Fencing
Desert Soils
Desalting of Soils in Gardens
Desert Mulches
Mulched Garden Beds
Food and Shelter for Harvested Wildlife, Crop
Garden Irrigation Systems
Subsurface Irrigation Systems
Micropore and Seepage Lines
Trickle Irrigation
Domestic Waste Water Channels
Arbor System
Condensation Strategies
Desert Settlement - Broad Strategies
Dust in Settlements
Hedges and Windbreaks
Williams’ Description of North African Polycultures
Planting and Vegetation in Settlements
Fields in Drylands
Settlement Layout
Plant Themes for Drylands; Tree Establishement in Deserts
Tree Establishment in Deserts
Pits and Hollows Shaded for Morning Sun
Large Lanzarote Condenser Pits
Special Preparation of Soils for Tree Planting
The Revegetation of Hostile Areas
Strategies for Revegetation of Hostile Areas
Creating a Forest in Drylands
Mallee Fowl Nest
Planting Trees on Hard Soils, Slope, and Minor Systems
Net and Pan
Net and Pan (Elevation)
A Developed Swale
Runnel Traps
Boomerangs
Recruitment
Wraiths and Golems
Arid Area Grasses and Forbs
Desert Aquatic and Swamp Species
Animal Systems in Arid Areas
Layout for Drought Survival of Livestock
Desertification and the Salting of Soils
Cold and Montane Deserts
Knowledge Check
Practical Activity