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.

Aliases (14)

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	Kanem-Bornu Empire → Mali Empire → Songhai Empire →
historicalRole	trans-Saharan trade corridor →
knownFor	desertification risk → food insecurity crises → recurrent droughts →
languageDiversity	Arabic → Fulfulde → Hausa → 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 (90)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Afroasiatic languages → Benue River → Burkina Faso → Fulani → Fulfulde → Hausa → Katsina State ("Sahel belt of Nigeria") → Mahdist Sudan → Mande languages → Nilo-Saharan phylum → Operation Serval → Ouagadougou → Senegal → Songhay languages ("Western Sahel") → Sudanese Arabic → Taman languages → Tuareg → Tuareg rebellions in Mali → West Chadic →	region
Cap Bon Peninsula ("Tunisian Sahel") → Chad ("Sahel region") → Gao Region → Maiduguri ("Sahel region") → Mali ("Sahel region") → Mauritania ("Sahel region") → Timbuktu Region ("Sahelian belt") →	partOf
EUCAP Sahel Mali → EUCAP Sahel Niger → EUTM Mali → G5 Sahel → Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat →	regionServed
Daza → Kanuri → Tebu → Toubou →	culturalArea
Chad → Islamic world → Niger → Semitic languages →	hasRegion
Arab world → Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti ("northern Chad") → Niger ("Sahel region") → Timbuktu Region →	locatedIn
Senegal River → Senegal River ("Sudan-Sahel zone") →	climateZone
Northeast Africa ("Sahel (northeastern part)") → Palearctic realm ("Sahara fringe regions") →	contains
Office of the Special Envoy for the Sahel → Office of the Special Envoy for the Sahel ("Central Sahel") →	focusesOnRegion
North East Nigeria → Yobe State →	geographicalRegion
Operation Barkhane → Tuareg rebellions in Niger ("Sahel region") →	location
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb ("Sahel region") →	activeIn
Northwest Africa →	adjacentTo
Blue People ("Sahel region") →	associatedWithEnvironment
Bornu Empire ("Sahel zone") →	bordered
Sahara Desert ("Sahel region") →	borderedBy
Lake Chad Basin →	borderRegionOf
West Africa →	borders
Mali →	climateRegion
Ghana Empire →	coreRegion
Kel Adagh →	culturalRegion
Lake Chad Basin ("Sahelian Acacia savanna") →	ecoregion
Blue Men of the Sahara ("Sahel region") →	environment
CEN-SAD →	focusRegion
Maban languages ("Sahel region") →	geographicDistribution
Nilo-Saharan languages ("Sahel region") →	geographicRange
Imajaghan →	hasCulturalArea
North Africa →	hasGeopoliticalGrouping
Office of the Special Envoy for the Sahel ("Sahel region") →	hasJurisdictionOver
Northwest Africa →	hasMajorEcoregion
Sub-Saharan Africa →	hasNaturalRegion
French Armed Forces ("Sahel region") →	hasOverseasPresenceIn
West Africa →	hasSubregion
Katsina Emirate →	historicalRegion
Eritrea ("Sahel region of Eritrea") →	includesRegion
Nouakchott →	locatedInRegion
Khartoum ("Sahel region") →	locatedNear
Maliki school →	mainRegion
Nilo-Saharian →	majorCenter
Aquila fasciata ("Sahel region") →	nativeRange
United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali ("Northern Mali") →	operatesInRegion
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb →	operationalArea
Hausa people →	primaryRegion
Hausa-Fulani →	regionOfInfluence
Borno State →	regionType
Songhay languages →	spokenIn
Chadian Arabic →	spokenInRegion
African-led International Support Mission to Mali ("Sahel region") →	theaterOfOperations