How do people survive in the Sahara?no pressure,but..PLZ HELP ME!!!?

Question

OK,if you have chosen to look at this,i am really in my hour of need,and i will explain this question in a bit more detail:
Well,I need to know how people survive (i know that most of them are normads, i just don`t know how they get their daily drink) in the Sahara, because all the internet is telling me what they eat..THATS IT!so i was hoping a wonderful peorson would care to share some knowledge...I hope you do,
kind regards,
iNeedAnswears

Answer 1

I've been to the Sahara - it's not completely dry. There are wells and where the wells are established is where the settlements are. In the larger places there is piped water. Problems occur when the wells dry up (often), when this happens water is ferried in by vehicle.

Rainwater is gathered where possible and almost all buildings have large earthen pots or plastic water butts to gather rainwater from roofs etc - this is often used for washing in and for animals.

There is also, believe it or not, loads of bottled and bagged water. Tap water in most of Africa is undrinkable and the people rely on bottled water - it's available everywhere you go from shops, bars and street traders.

The typical image of the Sahara with a lonely Bedouin and his camel aimlessly wandering for thousands of miles doesn't reflect the reality.

Answer 2

Why is this desert so important to Africans? How do people survive its harsh, dry climate? And is the Sahara getting bigger, or smaller?

By studying satellite photos, some scientists have come to believe that the Sahara regularly shrinks and grows. In the early 1980s, the Sahara's southern edge expanded into the Sahel, a dry band that separates the desert from the savanna. But by the mid-1980s this area was green and wet again.

The Sahara receives less than three inches of rain a year; Chicago's annual precipitation, its combined rainfall, snow and sleet, is 33.34 inches (84.68 cm). Even in the Sahara's wettest areas, it may rain twice one week and not rain again for years.

For centuries caravaneers have traveled through the Sahara desert. Even though there are many oases in the Sahara, the desert is so immense that travelers may go for days to reach them.

Oases make trade possible between the ports of North Africa and savanna markets further south. Without these wet rest stops for humans and animals, crossing the desert would be almost impossible.

Answer 3

Oh my gosh, I can totally help!

Well, whatever roots or dry leaves they fidn this contains water. Theyr bodys are adapted to having little water everyday, so they either suck on roots, or more commonly they collect small drops of dew from the leaves .
It's a long process, but the dont have school or jobs.
The people who live there also did deep deep down into the earth/soil, where they might find an underground streem.
that is very rare, however.

Ok, I hope I helped!!!