Sahel

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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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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

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Daza culturalArea Sahel
Kel Adagh culturalRegion Sahel
Burkina Faso region Sahel
West Chadic region Sahel
Maban languages geographicDistribution Sahel
this entity surface form: Sahel region
Nilo-Saharian majorCenter Sahel
Nilo-Saharian phylum region Sahel
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
Taman languages region Sahel
Lake Chad basin borderRegionOf Sahel
subject surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Lake Chad basin ecoregion Sahel
subject surface form: Lake Chad Basin
this entity surface form: Sahelian Acacia savanna
Northeast Africa contains Sahel
this entity surface form: Sahel (northeastern part)
Fulfulde region Sahel
Bornu Empire bordered Sahel
this entity surface form: Sahel zone
Mande languages region Sahel
Mahdist Sudan region Sahel
Maiduguri partOf Sahel
this entity surface form: Sahel region
Ghana Empire coreRegion Sahel
Borno State regionType Sahel
G5 Sahel regionServed Sahel
Katsina State region Sahel
this entity surface form: Sahel belt of Nigeria
Ouagadougou region Sahel
Senegal River climateZone Sahel
Senegal River climateZone Sahel
this entity surface form: Sudan-Sahel zone
Palearctic realm contains Sahel
this entity surface form: Sahara fringe regions
Gao Region partOf Sahel
African-led International Support Mission to Mali theaterOfOperations Sahel
this entity surface form: Sahel region
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb activeIn Sahel
this entity surface form: Sahel region
Timbuktu Region locatedIn Sahel
Timbuktu Region partOf Sahel
this entity surface form: Sahelian belt
Cap Bon Peninsula partOf Sahel
this entity surface form: Tunisian Sahel
Hausaland partOf Sahel
this entity surface form: Sahel region
Mayo Kébbi region Sahel
this entity surface form: Sahel zone
Great Green Wall locatedIn Sahel
this entity surface form: Sahel region
Lake Chad locatedInRegion Sahel
Gao partOf Sahel