The Sahel
The Sahel is located just to the south of the Sahara.
The Sahel, a grassland, is directly south of the Sahara Desert.The Sahel, a grassland, is directly south of the Sahara Desert.
The Sahara Desert lies just south of the Tropic of Cancer. The Sahara (which means desert) is located in Africa.
Directly south of the Sahara is called Sub-Saharan Africa. Then further south its just called Africa.
The name of the grassland belt south of the Sahara is the Sahel.
The Sahel is a region in Africa located just south of the Sahara Desert, stretching across the continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. It includes parts of countries such as Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, and Eritrea. The Sahel is known for its semi-arid climate and is susceptible to droughts and desertification.
Just a single example is Africa's southern Sahara. The Sahara Desert is creeping south, and ahead of it the land is drying and losing its ability to support plant growth. This is a disaster for the millions of people who live there, not to mention the wild animals.
Sahara -
Semi-arid - the Sahel.
okay so the Sahara is of corse south of the equator because africa is south of the equator
The Sahel which receives a bit more rainfall that the Sahara and has more grass and shrubs.
Semi-arid - the Sahel.