Sahel

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ecoregion geographical region

The Sahel is a semi-arid transition zone in Africa between the Sahara Desert to the north and the more humid savannas to the south, spanning several countries from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.

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All labels observed (24)

Label Occurrences
Sahel canonical 166
Sahel region 58
Sahel zone 5

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecoregion ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
approximateWidth several hundred kilometers ⓘ
associatedInitiative Great Green Wall ⓘ
averageAnnualRainfallRange about 150–600 millimeters ⓘ
borders Sahara Desert ⓘ
Sudanian savanna ⓘ
climateType semi-arid ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
description transition zone between the Sahara Desert and the Sudanian savannas ⓘ
dominantLandUse pastoralism ⓘ
rain-fed agriculture ⓘ
dominantVegetation grassland ⓘ
shrubland ⓘ
economicActivity livestock herding ⓘ
subsistence farming ⓘ
environmentalIssue land degradation ⓘ
loss of vegetation cover ⓘ
soil erosion ⓘ
extendsFrom Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
extendsTo Red Sea ⓘ
governanceChallenge armed conflict ⓘ
weak state presence ⓘ
historicalEmpire Bornu Empire ⓘ
surface form: Kanem-Bornu Empire

Mali Empire ⓘ
Songhai Empire ⓘ
historicalRole trans-Saharan trade corridor ⓘ
knownFor desertification risk ⓘ
food insecurity crises ⓘ
recurrent droughts ⓘ
languageDiversity Arabic ⓘ
Fulfulde ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
Songhay languages ⓘ
surface form: Songhai languages
locatedIn Burkina Faso ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Eritrea ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Mauritania ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
majorRiver Niger River ⓘ
Senegal River ⓘ
White Nile ⓘ
partOf African drylands ⓘ
populationTrend rapid population growth ⓘ
typicalRainfallPattern long dry season ⓘ
short rainy season ⓘ

Referenced by (260)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arab world → locatedIn → Sahel ⓘ
North Africa → hasGeopoliticalGrouping → Sahel ⓘ
Tebu → culturalArea → Sahel ⓘ
Tuareg → region → Sahel ⓘ
Khartoum → locatedNear → Sahel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sahel region
Hausa → region → Sahel ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages → geographicRange → Sahel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sahel region
Fulani → region → Sahel ⓘ
Sudanese Arabic → region → Sahel ⓘ
Sahara Desert → borderedBy → Sahel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sahel region
French Armed Forces → hasOverseasPresenceIn → Sahel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sahel region
West Africa → borders → Sahel ⓘ
West Africa → hasSubregion → Sahel ⓘ
Mauritania → partOf → Sahel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sahel region
Semitic languages → hasRegion → Sahel ⓘ
Nouakchott → locatedInRegion → Sahel ⓘ
Islamic world → hasRegion → Sahel ⓘ
Afroasiatic languages → region → Sahel ⓘ
Operation Serval → region → Sahel ⓘ
Eritrea → includesRegion → Sahel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sahel region of Eritrea
Sub-Saharan Africa → hasNaturalRegion → Sahel ⓘ
Benue River → region → Sahel ⓘ
Chad → hasRegion → Sahel ⓘ
Chad → partOf → Sahel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sahel region
United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali → operatesInRegion → Sahel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Mali
Niger → locatedIn → Sahel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sahel region
Niger → hasRegion → Sahel ⓘ
Operation Barkhane → location → Sahel ⓘ
Maliki school → mainRegion → Sahel ⓘ
Songhay languages → spokenIn → Sahel ⓘ
Songhay languages → region → Sahel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Sahel
Office of the Special Envoy for the Sahel → hasJurisdictionOver → Sahel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sahel region
Office of the Special Envoy for the Sahel → focusesOnRegion → Sahel ⓘ
Office of the Special Envoy for the Sahel → focusesOnRegion → Sahel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Sahel
CEN-SAD → focusRegion → Sahel ⓘ
Senegal → region → Sahel ⓘ
Aquila fasciata → nativeRange → Sahel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sahel region
Blue People → associatedWithEnvironment → Sahel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sahel region
Blue Men of the Sahara → environment → Sahel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sahel region
Tuareg rebellions in Mali → region → Sahel ⓘ
Mali → partOf → Sahel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sahel region
Mali → climateRegion → Sahel ⓘ
EUTM Mali → regionServed → Sahel ⓘ
EUCAP Sahel Niger → regionServed → Sahel ⓘ
EUCAP Sahel Mali → regionServed → Sahel ⓘ
Imajaghan → hasCulturalArea → Sahel ⓘ
Toubou → culturalArea → Sahel ⓘ
Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti → locatedIn → Sahel ⓘ
this entity surface form: northern Chad
Kanuri → culturalArea → Sahel ⓘ
Tuareg rebellions in Niger → location → Sahel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sahel region