sahel is the dry grassland on the southern border of the sahara the largiest desert in Africa
The southern edge of the Sahara Desert where vegetation begins to flourish is generically called the "Sahel".
The Sahel aka The Sudan (the country Sudan is named for it, but only comprises part of it)
It is the savanna which is a semi-arid transition zone between the desert and the grassland.
It is the Sahel
The southern edge of the Sahara Desert where vegetation begins to flourish is generically called the "Sahel".
The southern edge of the Sahara Desert where vegetation begins to flourish is generically called the "Sahel".
the sahel is indeed a strip of dry grassland that lies directly south of the Sahara desert but they don't share any actual border line so much as a gradual transition zone
The Sahel is a semi-arid grassland south of the Sahara.
The Sahel is not a desert. It is a distinct biome, a grassland, bordering the southern Sahara.
The Sahara Desert was the southern border of the roman empire
This is called the sahel.
The Sahel, a grassland, is directly south of the Sahara Desert.The Sahel, a grassland, is directly south of the Sahara Desert.
The Sahel, a grassland, is south of the Sahara.
The Sahel is not a desert. It is is the strip of land of semi-arid grasslands, savannas, steppes, and thorn shrublands lying between the Sahara desert in the North and the wooded Sudanian savannas in the south. It stretches across the north of the African continent between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea. The Sahel covers parts of the countries of Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Algeria and Eritrea.
Yes, it is a transition zone from the desert to a grassland or forest biome and called the Sahel.