The Sahel region (/ səˈhɛl /; from Arabic ساحل (sāḥil [ˈsaːħil]) 'coast, shore'), or Sahelian acacia savanna, is a biogeographical region in Africa. It is the transition zone between the more humid Sudanian savannas to its south and the drier Sahara to the north.

Jan 29, 2025 · Sahel, semiarid region of western and north-central Africa extending from Senegal eastward to Sudan. It forms a transitional zone between the arid Sahara (desert) to the north and the belt of humid savannas to the south.

Aug 16, 2021 · The Sahel is a band of territory in Africa that stretches the length of the continent, from the Atlantic coast of Senegal and Mauritania to the Red Sea coast of Eritrea. The Sahel acts like a buffer or transition zone between the Sahara Desert to …

The Sahel or Sahel Belt (from Arabic ساحل, sāḥil, shore, border or coast of the Sahara) is a semi-arid tropical savanna ecoregion in Africa, which forms the transitional zone between the Sahara Desert to the north and the more humid savanna belt to the south known as the Sudan (not to be confused with the country of the same name).

Oct 21, 2024 · The Sahel region, or Sahelian Acacia savanna, is a biogeographic region in Africa. It is a transition zone between the wetter savannahs of Sudan in the south and the drier Sahara in the north.

May 11, 2018 · Sahel (sähĕl´), name applied to the semiarid region of Africa between the Sahara [1] to the north and the savannas [2] to the south, extending from Senegal and Mauritania on the west, through Mali, N Burkina Faso [3], Niger, N Nigeria, …

The Sahel is a narrow belt of land in North Africa. It is a strip of land about 5500 kilometers long and 450 kilometres wide. It lies at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert. The ground is too dry for agriculture. The Sahel has a tropical semi-arid climate. It is between the dry desert land to the north and the forest areas to the south.

The Sahel or Sahil is in a sense the “coast” of the Sahara and its cities major “ports” in trade circuits linking long-standing regional exchange in the products of different ecozones to the markets of the Mediterranean through the trans-Saharan trade.

The Sahel, meaning “the shore” in Arabic, is a vast area crossing 6,000 kilometres from East to West Africa. It covers many geographic and agro-ecological systems, 12 countries and is home to 400 million people.

Feb 28, 2017 · The Sahel region of Africa is a 3,860-kilometre arc-like land mass lying to the immediate south of the Sahara Desert and stretching east-west across the breadth of the African continent.