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Is the transition zone at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert is called the Sahel?
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Yes, it is a transition zone from the desert to a grassland or forest biome and called the Sahel.
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What is the strip dry grassland on southern border of Sahara desert?
sahel is the dry grassland on the southern border of the sahara the largiest desert in africa
What is the geographical area below the Sahara Desert called?
The Sahel is a transition zone below the Sahara in Africa.
What is the strip the grassland on the southern border of the Sahara desert?
The southern edge of the Sahara Desert where vegetation begins to flourish is generically called the "Sahel".
What is the dry grassland on the southern border of the Sahara desert?
The southern edge of the Sahara Desert where vegetation begins to flourish is generically called the "Sahel".
What is the area called where the Sahara Desert is growing?
The Sahara is growing along its southern edge in the Sahel.
Is there a marathon in the Sahara desert?
Yes there is a marathon in the Sahara Desert called The Sahara Marathon
Why is the Sahel called a semi desert?
No. the area of Africa call "Sub-Saharan" is the whole area BELOW the Sahara desert (the largest desert in Africa), Most of "Sub-Saharan Africa" is savannah with a tropical belt at the equator.
What is the desert called in Egypt?
The Sahara desert
What is located between the savanna and desert regions in Africa?
The Sahel is a transition zone below the Sahara. It is a semiarid region. It has been rapidly become part of the Sahara due to a process called desertification.
Is there a desert called desert?
The word 'Sahara' means desert.
What are the sandy desert in Africa called?
Sahara Desert
Did the Sahara desert used to be called the Sahara forest?
yes a long time a go it was called the Sahara forest due to man's doing by cutting trees it turned into the Sahara desert
